“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
“After all, growing up is nothing but an argument with your parents on the topic of whether or not you are grown.… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I think what hinders the argument is when people are afraid of hurting the feelings of racists and people who are genuinely… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Television is much more difficult because at every moment, the network can force you to change things based on their belief about… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
One-hundred facts about Vietnam and we studied the fact sheet and got in to these arguments and it was fantastic, and I… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
The word conservative means discriminatory practically. It's a form of political discrimination. What do the Republicans run on? Against gay marriage and… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
“Even when we're right, we may be wrong. If--in the process of debate--we've hurt the heart of another being, it matters not… — Shakieb Orgunwall Copy Share Image
Why don't Republicans spend all their airtime attacking the media for lying about what Obama's amnesty does and what the Democrats are… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument, its function is to make the worse appear the better article. A confused competition of… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Some foolish men declare that creator made the world. The doctrine that the world was created is ill advised and should be… — Jinasena Copy Share Image
Most of this film, however, is about interpretation - are these people terrorists or freedom fighters? Are they good or bad? Is… — Marshall Curry Copy Share Image
In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its… — IU?. I. Manin Copy Share Image
Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far.… — Bobby Cox Copy Share Image
“Nothing is less applicable to life than a mathematical argument. A proposition expressed in numbers is definitely false or true. In all… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
To write and speak correctly is certainly necessary; but it is not sufficient. A derivation correctly presented in the book or on… — George Polya Copy Share Image
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
“to do only if you don’t have a good argument. This is also a good way to keep people at one another’s… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a secret among our leaders; communication is very open and honest, and if it's not, then… — Ted Haggard Copy Share Image
“People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
Since the break-up of the 1990s, Russia has not had winter sports facilities. All the winter sport venues were effectively located in… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Sometimes people have said that Islam, in its own calendar, is still only in the Middle Ages. It's still in the fifteenth… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“1) There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented without thereby losing some greater good or… — William L. Rowe Copy Share Image
This general tendency to eliminate, by means of unverifiable speculations, the limits of the categories nature presents to us is the inheritance… — W. R. Thompson Copy Share Image
All the arguments about nutrition are really about what is the problem ingredient in the western diet. Is it the fat? Is… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The best I can hope for is that I might provoke a water cooler argument between you and somebody else. But it… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Another priest said,"Is it true you've said you'll believe in any god whose existence can be proved by logical debate?""Yes."Vimes had a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's a fantastic, thousand-page book by David Thomson about [David O. Selznick]. Again, it's not the best argument or the best advertisement… — Karina Longworth Copy Share Image
I am not a creationist as the term is usually understood. I believe that the earth is billions of years old and… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword." On one side of that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
For centuries the most powerful argument for God's existence from the physical world was the so-called argument from design: Living things are… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I was not in agreement with the sharp anti-Semitic tone, but from time to time I read arguments which gave me some… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
![“There's a fantastic, thousand-page book by David Thomson about [David O. Selznick]. Again, it's not the best argument or the best advertisement for his story, because most people aren't going to read a thousand-page book. But I feel like the rise and fall and the work [Mayer] produced - not just…” quote by Karina Longworth](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/282/karina-longworth-26763_advertisements_there-s-a-fantastic-thousand-page-book-b_13508.png)
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