Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views… — Umar Copy Share Image
"Fair, kind, and true" is all my argument, "Fair, kind, and true" varying to other words; And in this change is my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Lawyers serve a purpose, and we couldn't operate as society without them. They can make things more complicated and difficult, but there… — Gabriel Macht Copy Share Image
The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely for others than for ourselves. The reason… — Junius Copy Share Image
Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines,… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
“Christian writers, whether they like it or not, do not simply write for themselves; for good or ill, readers will see their… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If you go to the right conservative places you'll find there's a huge argument about this among conservatives, particularly the conservative elites… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If you come from a working-class background, you can't afford to write full time, because you're just not being paid. Basically, all… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“The biggest thing I have thrown at my ex during an argument was a kitchen spoon. I missed and broke an ornament.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“This is a small episode in an unending argument between those who know they are right and therefore claim the mandate of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If we do not counter the argument that most radical nationlists use, which is, 'To protect is to be protectionist,' if we… — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Custom is custom: it is built of brass, boiler-iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I… — Joy Davidman Copy Share Image
I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some… — John Brown Copy Share Image
The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fact that the most powerful and significant connections in our lives are (at the time) invisible to us seems to me… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
You can see it on the Internet: There's an argument going on continually about, 'What is folk music?' And I don't really… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will… — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause to be bad because the arguments of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
Also, as a rule of thumb, if you find yourself defending your inalienable right to make someone else feel like garbage, you're… — Rich Burlew Copy Share Image
Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make… — Tom Shields Copy Share Image
No truth is proved, no truth achieved, by argument, and the ready-made truths men offer you are mere conveniences or drugs to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
This is why I didn't get married last year," she said to him. "I wouldn't be here to nurse you." She thought… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
What I do know from my life is the phenomenon of saying, 'This is too small a thing to argue about', but… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Theists give several 'proofs' of the existence of God. These are really just arguments, because if there were convincing proof just one… — Marcel Conche Copy Share Image
The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them,… — Plato Copy Share Image