Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don't agree with… — Frederick Carl Frieseke Copy Share Image
Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no man ever… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith have committed the keeping of… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Savory...that's a swell word. And Basil and Betel. Capsicum. Curry. All great. But Relish, now, Relish with a capital R. No argument,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the 'slippery slope': once we allow doctors to kill patients, we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom… — Dwight Howard Copy Share Image
Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Neoliberalization has not been very effective in revitalizing global capital accumulation, but it has succeeded remarkably well in restoring, or in some… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
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
While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust… — John Green Copy Share Image
There's an argument that private debt, in some way, is creating indentured servants in our country. But public debt does not do… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War'… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a… — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a… — Stanley Fish 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
I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“If someone has the power to make a change that he or she can see will reduce injustice in the world, then… — Thandeka Gqubule Copy Share Image
Afghanistan would have been difficult enough without Iraq. Iraq made it impossible. The argument that had we just focused on Afghanistan we'd… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Though I don't have any serious argument with Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods', I believe that Americans cease to be Europeans - the… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
If the argument is that failure helps you succeed, well, so does success and it's quicker. This suggests at least one reason… — Norman Geras Copy Share Image
Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“If I hurt your feelings we ought to discuss it. I don't like this kiss-and-forget.' 'But I don't want to argue. I… — F. Scott Fitzgerald 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
“What is it with that argument? Why is it that you have to jump through hoops of fire to find out that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
I have dumped a girl over the phone. It's terrible, isn't it? We got into an argument during a phone call, so… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of [creationist] arguments… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image