This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well. — Euripides Copy Share Image
The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There were periods in Islamic history when things like apostasy and blasphemy were made punishable. So you know it kind of depends… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
The argument culture urges us to approach the world - and the people in it - in an adversarial frame of mind.… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
Tendulkar can now rightly lay claim to the title of being the greatest batsman in cricket history. And if some people argue… — Rashid Latif Copy Share Image
You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore… — Gavin Hood Copy Share Image
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
That can happen when people die, the argument with them drops away and people so flawed while they were drawing breath that… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Don't compliment me in the middle of an argument. It won't make me stammer or blush, and it just makes you look… — Suzanne Enoch Copy Share Image
It is senseless to argue with someone whose sole purpose in life is to not be convinced of anything. — Jon Campbell Copy Share Image
Painting is the same kind of problem as unfolding a long, sustained interlocked argument... It is a proposition commanded by a single… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
Freud suggests that in order to love someone else, one must love themselves; it's a classic "needs before other needs" argument. Unfortunately,… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We have to be vigilant against protectionism and be constantly making the argument for free trade. — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Adrian sifted through the bags and pulled out a slice of coconut cream. "If I were a dragon, this is what I'd… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I find myself speaking through the other characters, putting ideas in their voices and heads. Writing almost becomes a splitting of myself… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
The mythos-over-logos argument points to the fact that each child is born as ignorant as any caveman. What keeps the world from… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
We maintain, and have said in the Ethics, if the arguments there adduced are of any value, that happiness is the realization… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I've never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn't… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image