“My Parents had early given me religious Impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way. But I was… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters. — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
Do I wish that things were more orderly in Washington and rational and people listened to the best arguments and compromised and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Coldplay songs deliver an amorphous, irrefutable interpretation of how being in love is supposed to feel, and people find themselves wanting that… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
... But I'm annoying you to no purpose with my arguments. A person whose house is only open on the west can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not. — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
“What came next wasn't exactly silence, because although it was quiet, a thousand things were being said. I hated that part about… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it,… — Francis Beaumont 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
I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
Forget the Bible, the greatest argument against human evolution is a YouTube comment thread. — Damien Fahey Copy Share Image
I hope I make films where you walk away . . . with work to do, arguments to have, things to worry… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isnt really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that they're going to kill you, doesn't happen that way. There weren't… — Henry Hill Copy Share Image
The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no… — John Warwick Montgomery Copy Share Image
