Public discourse requires making an argument for a point of view, not having an argument - as in having a fight. — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
“I’d like to make the argument that The Cars were the first garage band.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to… — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
sometimes I was so bored that I started arguments just to experience the rush of almost losing him. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on… — Jascha Heifetz Copy Share Image
To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say. — Lionel Tiger Copy Share Image
“Ce n'est pas la première fois que je remarque combien, en France particulièrement, les mots ont plus d’empire que les idées." ("It's… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If the Church has no the authority to tell its members that they may not engage in homosexual practices, then it has… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It is not for nothing that Skaldin in one part of his book quotes Adam Smith: we have seen that both his… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Philosophy is this amazing technique we've devised for getting reality to answer us back when we're getting it wrong. Science itself can't… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself… — Barry Long Copy Share Image
They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did… — Delilah Copy Share Image
Those who direct the maximum force of their desires towards the center, toward the true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Unlike liberalism, with its fundamental belief in the long-range power of ideas, conservatism is bound by the stock of ideas inherited at… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Whenever Muslim women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
And there are some - Bernie [Ecclestone] and others - who are embracing new technologies. When Sky UK started to broadcast there… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
A lot of times, candidates for office, especially incumbents, seem to get drawn into their opponents' arguments, and fighting on their turf,… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Preserve the core, and let the rest flux. In their wonderful bestseller Built to Last, authors James Collins and Jerry Porras make… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally. — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image