Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elaborate. The text is… — Isaac Mayer Wise Copy Share Image
“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In the Freudian age, parents say to their children, 'Don't be defensive,' meaning, 'You have no argument,' but I was born in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I think we begin to lose the ability to read in the deepest, most interpretive ways because were not kind of calming… — Nicholas G. Carr Copy Share Image
“What came next wasn't exactly silence, because although it was quiet, a thousand things were being said. I hated that part about… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, 'same sex,' then there is absolutely no valid argument… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
Team members care about one another, listen, share secrets, talk about the latest news, have heated arguments, are sometimes jealous of each… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem, - a thought so passionate and alive that like… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When confronted with a demand that the universe have a cause, infidels have usually pointed out that God was not much of… — Taner Edis Copy Share Image
The argument from design stands or falls on whether it can be demonstrated that some aspect of the universe such as its… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Now when naturalists observe a close agreement in numerous small details of habits, tastes and dispositions between two or more domestic races,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
There's a lot of disputes around the world, a lot of territorial conflicts around the world. But Israel is the only country… — Ron Dermer Copy Share Image
Managers’ typical response to my argument about free time is, ‘That’s all well and good, but there are things I have to… — Dov Frohman Copy Share Image
Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
The journalistic 'I' is an overreliable narrator, a functionary to whom crucial tasks of narration and argument and tone have been entrusted,… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument. — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
Big History's not going to replace existing educational courses. It's not an attack on specialisation. It is simply the argument that specialisation… — David Christian 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
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of… — Isaac Asimov 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
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
“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
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
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 most popular argument in all these papers was the assertion ... that Christianity had grown and prospered in spite of the… — H. J Eckenrode Copy Share Image
My main argument against staying in the E.U. has been the poor economic record of the E.U. as a whole and the… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
The argument for the free market is a complicated and sophisticated one and depends on demonstration of secondary effects. I have confidence… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together… — David Zucker Copy Share Image
More and more, we have been able to present the argument that recruitment of child soldiers is a social breakdown that leads… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
If you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I was very young, and I remember this heated, passionate argument and trying to figure out some place called Vietnam, something called… — Bill Huizenga Copy Share Image
If you travel in countries like Morocco, and I say that because I have just come from Morocco, if people are shouting… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
“But that kind of thinking . . . you could turn it into an argument for killing anyone at any time. You… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
