Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When an argument is over, how many weighty reasons does a man recollect which his heat and violence made him utterly forget? — Eustace Budgell Copy Share Image
They were winning the argument at the time, but they were big losers in the long run. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong...… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws… — Leopoldo Lopez Copy Share Image
Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and should… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic… — David Baltimore Copy Share Image
Zoocentrism is the primary fallacy of human sociobiology, for this view of human behavior rests on the argument that if the actions… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
We are bound to maintain public liberty, and, by the example of our own systems, to convince the world that order and… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I would have private conversations with [Buckminster Fuller]. I once had an argument, for four hours, about the existence of the Mobius… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using… — Barack Obama 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
ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Evolution as described by Charles Darwin is an scientific theory, abundantly reconfirmed, explaining physical phenomena by physical causes. Intelligent Design is a… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views. — Sharon Begley Copy Share Image
His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding these major arguments the wave theory initially did not meet with complete acceptance. — Max von Laue Copy Share Image
The first race of mankind used to dispute, as our ordinary people do now-a-days, in a kind of wild logic, uncultivated by… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Burning sage changes the energy for the home, so if you've had an argument or some form of stress, it removes negative… — Karen Rose Copy Share Image
Discussion is an exchange ofknowledge, argument is an exchange of ignorance…! — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Like Rick in Casablanca: "We'll always have Paris." When what we'll always have is, like, Brooklyn and arguments about [Lev] Trotsky. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.' — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Overly focused, it's far from the time to rest now. Debates growin bout who they think is the best now — Drake Copy Share Image
If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress (Joseph Joubert).” — David Webb Copy Share Image
Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Nonfiction, to me, feels like an argument, whereas a novel is like a series of questions. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
If I say okay during an argument, that means shut the hell up not keep explaining your point — Blossom Copy Share Image
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