“Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons—you really can choose to stop.” — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction. — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
Difference between a woman's argument and a knife is - the knife has a point. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
“Some things that goes out of your mouth can wrap itself around your neck and choke you to death in future.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side. — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
I love the question-and-answer. I love to see liberals try to thrash their way to a coherent argument. And actually, I think… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Rationalism is an attitude of readiness to listen to contrary arguments and to learn from experience... of admitting that "I may be… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“Before I met the Jesuits, I’d never encountered another group who thought that intellect and arrogance were treasures beyond price and necessities… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
At bottom the world isn't a joke. We only joke about it to avoid an issue with someone, to let someone know… — Robert Frost 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
It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation and that it is our right… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“The motive behind my arguments have always been to come at truth. I am not interested in conquering anyone with my ideologies… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It… — Joost Meerloo Copy Share Image
Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Writing is what's important to me, and anything that helps me do that - or enhances and prolongs and deepens and sometimes… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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