I'm not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
People who reject transcendent authority can no longer persuade one another through rational arguments; everything is reduced to personal opinion. Debates about… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted and would anyway always yield to… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the… — Stendhal 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
I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
"Fair, kind, and true" is all my argument, "Fair, kind, and true" varying to other words; And in this change is my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one’s opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I'm not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing. You can… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
The skilful disputant well knows that he never has his enemy at more advantage than when, by allowing the premises, he shows… — William Warburton Copy Share Image
Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive… — David Harsanyi 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
The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It's all about who gets to work and making sure they're legally present in our country. And to do that nationally E-verify… — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image
My wife and I have created our own language. We can be at a table with six other people and have an… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
My argument is focused on the fact that a relatively small percentage of the world's Muslim countries are impacted by this order.… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest works of philosophy seem to me to be valuable not because of their arguments, but because they offer… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Instead of creating aesthetically pleasing prose, you have to dig into a product or service, uncover the reasons why consumers would want… — Robert W. Bly Copy Share Image
