I really do believe that chance favours a prepared mind. Wallace Stegner, who was one of my teachers when I was at… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Nobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt. — Danny Trejo 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
In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works,… — Micah Perks Copy Share Image
I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush - that’s when it starts. The public… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I wrote my own first book about the defense of television as an art form in 1992. It was harder to make… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
My book is going to be called Against Empathy, which may give you a feeling for where my argument is going to… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition." Spoken by Abigail Adams — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Children are rarely taught critical thinking anymore, and society has become so antirational that basic reason and evidence are the new counterculture:… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough. — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There have been times that we've had arguments with Brad [Dourif] because he comes in with very strong ideas and, as in… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into. — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I prefer formal techniques, and use sonnets and rhyme, any manner of scheme to give a shape and order-of feeling as well… — J. D. McClatchy Copy Share Image
From my vantage point, when I'm criticized in a way that I can hear what's being said - i.e., the issues -… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
In the early fight for women's rights, the point was not that women were morally superior or better. The conversation was about… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I am a cuddly atheist... I am against creationism being taught in schools because there is empirical evidence that it is a… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
So how do theists respond to arguments like this? [The Argument from Evil] They say there is a reason for evil, but… — Quentin Smith Copy Share Image
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered… — John Podesta Copy Share Image
