You can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. They lived in the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Terrible, it was terrible. Even today and it's been several months now you just bring it up and I tear up a… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey,… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
If you can somehow force a liberal into a point-counterpoint argument, his retorts will bear no relation to what you’ve said -… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
As we breathe and live, have a conversation, and you look in someone's eyes, and you see a sunset or have an… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
There is such a torture, happily unknown to ancient tyranny, as talking a man to death. Marcus Aurelius advises to assent readily… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I'm much more concerned about what artists think. But as you get older you tend to get much more isolated; you're not… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry. — Jim Fowler Copy Share Image
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Some conservatives have expressed outrage that the views of professors are at odds with the views of students, as if ideas were… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
True gospel authority, the authority to heal and renew things and people, is not finally found in a hierarchical office, a theological… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people. — Doris Egan Copy Share Image
There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Justice Scalia was usually particularly challenging to me at oral argument, but I so respected his intellect and commitment to the pursuit… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, I tend to think that whether a philosopher's views are true is a poor test of their quality. What matter… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
