Armaments do not, generally speaking, cause wars. This notion, the logical crux of all arguments in favor of disarmament, turns the causal… — James Burnham Copy Share Image
No. But it's like the argument 'don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Lord Orville seemed by no means to think the Captain worthy an argument, upon a subject concerning which he had neither knowledge… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I see all the more reason for debate by the man who does actually 'believe his own lies' - for that debate… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If in the middle of an argument I suddenly fall silent it does not mean you have won... No it means you… — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“Don’t fight with narrow minded people; be determined to compel them to change their mindsets about who you stand to be, not… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If you look at what's happened to the stock market, if you look at what's happened to housing values, if you look… — William J. Clinton 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
When Benedict dies, he will have the pleasure of standing before whatever furious God he believes in, to answer for how it… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
These people also tended to pretend to care deeply about the blind and otherwise disabled. I am sympathetic to the needs of… — Jamie Zawinski Copy Share Image
It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so,… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I thought we would be concerned if he knew how to stay on message, if [Donald] Trump knew how to make the… — Star Jones Copy Share Image
After granting amnesty to illegals 20 years ago, we have gone from 3 million illegals to 11 million illegals. Our government has… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any clever way for the establishment to take Donald Trump down. It's very simple. Another candidate is going… — Dalia Mogahed Copy Share Image
When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“Just recognize that the words aren’t made of stone and you’re not made of glass. Recognize that you are safe, you are… — Kassandra Dick Copy Share Image
Rap makes the conservative argument about what happens when family life is eroded either by welfare and drugs, or by the stresses… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying 'And… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps… — Peter Arnett Copy Share Image
Discussion and argument are essential parts of science; the greatest talent is the ability to strip a theory until the simple basic… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Sonu Nigam, Farah Khan and I don't have a teleprompter and neither do we plan about what we say. If we break… — Anu Malik Copy Share Image
The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for… — John Major Copy Share Image
For those of us who have a ground of knowledge which we cannot transmit to outsiders, it is perhaps more profitable to… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The very metaphor Paul chooses for this decisive moment in his argument shows that what he has in mind is not the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It doesn’t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“People will say,"there's heaven and hell", and they take it so serious that they look so sorrowful with penitence. I would rather… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography… — Emil Ruder Copy Share Image
Well, I have a message for the nameless , gutless whimperers out there. Quit whining. Unlike some other shows, we here at… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Interfaith dialogue is a must today, and the first step in establishing it is forgetting the past, ignoring polemical arguments, and giving… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought. I delight in telling what I think;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image