A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
As an explanation of the world materialism has a sort of insane simplicity. It has the quality of a madman's arguments; we… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Even if you're trying to remain objective, even if you're trying not to mount any campaigns or endorse anything, when you cover… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter… — Stephen Jay Gould 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
Mockery is an important social tool for squelching stupidity. I’ve never seen anyone change his mind because of the power of a… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, your relationships are the heaviest components in your life. All those negotiations and arguments and secrets, the compromises. The… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
Honestly, I want to live a calm life without being in the press. I want to be like any other American citizen… — George Zimmerman Copy Share Image
The man assumes the role of the loner, the thinker and the searching spirit who calls the privileged and the powerful to… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
You can’t make a dog happy by forcibly wagging its tail. And you can’t change people’s minds by utterly refuting their arguments. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from boys and… — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
When I write for 'n+1,' I begin by doing a lot of reading, to try to convince myself I'm not stupid. Then… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Many Republicans who traditionally were for a positive role in the world, anti-Russian, now they want to defend their party and leader,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I didn't want my next U.S. senator to be someone who was going to go up there and do the same stuff… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ,… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“Please,” she whispered, sounding more frantic. “Don’t leave me down in these chasms alone.” He smiled wryly. “Is it really this hard… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I understand fully that jobs are created by the private sector, having been all my life in the private sector, but I… — Chris Gabrieli Copy Share Image
