Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself… — Barry Long Copy Share Image
The humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking,… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Where they couldn't pick holes in our arguments they would drive horses and carriages through my character. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Some of my understanding of what philosophy and ethics is has changed very slowly. One thing that has changed is this for… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Rhetoric is the counterpart of logic; since both are conversant with subjects of such a nature as it is the business of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
If you have a very commanding argument that you cannot refute, not to accept the argument is to act irrationally. — Robert F. Almeder Copy Share Image
Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Certainly Apple has improved enormously. At the beginning, the sampling rate was an issue for me, but a bigger argument was over… — Gail Zappa Copy Share Image
There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.'… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
We don't argue if drug companies create drugs that can cure humans and charge lots of money for them, even though we… — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some… — Aml Ameen Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation. — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in… — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
Those who say that the West and Islam are eternally irreconcilable have more in common with the Islam extremists than they might… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Again the message to experimentalists is: Be sensible but don't be impressed too much by negative arguments. If at all possible, try… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived… — William James Copy Share Image
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
