The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks,… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
The worst, most insidious effect of censorship is that, in the end, it can deaden the imagination of the people. Where there… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Always remember a woman will have the last word in an argument and if your looking for peace, be sure to show… — Chee Vai Tang Copy Share Image
The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A conservative, I take it, is a man who despises vulgarity; but the argument which is concerned exclusively with calculations of success,… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
They are having quite an argument over Treasury Secretary Mellon's Tax Bill. Mr. Mellon wants to cut the surtax on the rich,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Or have I passed my time in pouring words like water into empty sieves, rolling a stone up a hill and then… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
No one really needs me,” he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice...“I do,” I say. “I need you.” He looks… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an… — Francis Bacon 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
Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. The old proletariat sold its labour power in order to subsist; what little leisure… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
I believed then, and continue to believe now, that the benefits to our security and freedom of widely available cryptography far, far… — Matt Blaze Copy Share Image
I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
When you've been playing the game for so long and sports for so long, it can take a toll on your body,… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
“There is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
When one hears the argument that marriage should be indissoluble for the sake of children, one cannot help wondering whether the protagonist… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
If that were a winning argument, Donald Trump could get anybody off the bench on his cases by just something deeply offensive… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
I'm used to politics at an international level: people put together an argument and, even if you vehemently disagree with them, well,… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges.… — William Henry Moody Copy Share Image
I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
When I was at 'SNL,' I would constantly get in arguments, 'Why aren't we more political? We're not going after Bush.' Then… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
What we have to understand that we have to believe into things which can be proved. Now the time has come that… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
It is important to know that criticism is a natural part of life and speaking out, and to know that a certain… — Tara Moss Copy Share Image
When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Whenever Muslim women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Those who direct the maximum force of their desires towards the center, toward the true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Unlike liberalism, with its fundamental belief in the long-range power of ideas, conservatism is bound by the stock of ideas inherited at… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did… — Delilah Copy Share Image
You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
A lot of times, candidates for office, especially incumbents, seem to get drawn into their opponents' arguments, and fighting on their turf,… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Let the Spirit be lacking, and there may be wisdom of words, but not the wisdom of God; the powers of oratory,… — Arthur Tappan Pierson Copy Share Image
Nicholson Baker talks about the way in which the most successful nonfiction books are those that can be boiled down into an… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Preserve the core, and let the rest flux. In their wonderful bestseller Built to Last, authors James Collins and Jerry Porras make… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image