Mein Kampf, this terrible book of Adolph Hitler is outlawed. I made a point in the Dutch parliament that I say to… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
But the idea is to provoke and persuade, not to soothe. And the best way to make an argument is to make… — Maud Newton Copy Share Image
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
I think the way that I delivered my request for acting was undeniable, and I think that I was blessed enough to… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Talk to each other. Never go to bed when you're angry with each other. Lady Antonia Frasier who was married to Harold… — Elton John Copy Share Image
George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with… — Gary Coleman Copy Share Image
I try to turn a written thing, when I'm in trouble with it, into a spoken thing: I start imagining what I… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we invented continuous prose was to lay out an argument, piling points on top of each other, weighing… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I feel like we're stuck in the former mode of reacting because that's what gains traction in Washington. But I really believe… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Functions of technical information, historic record, analytic argument, which are integral and obvious to Dante's use of verse are now almost completely… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
When they can't win a debate (can they ever?), leftists deploy what the late novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand called the argument from intimidation.… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
The essential argument in the book, 'Art as Therapy,' is that art enjoys such financial and cultural prestige that it's easy to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“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
No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
