[T]he next time you hear serious-sounding people explaining the need for fiscal austerity, try to parse their argument. Almost surely, you'll discover… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Gun control advocates used to claim that more guns meant more crime. Research demonstrated, though, that more guns meant less crime. As… — Steven Milloy Copy Share Image
Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either. — Robert A. Heinlein 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
Everybody's angry with me because, apparently, I outed my cousin during an argument over a turkey leg. My cousin goes, 'You had… — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and should… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When you're in the Middle of an Argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be Right or be Happy? — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal… — Douglas Rushkoff 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
I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
When you come to look into this argument from design, it is a most astonishing thing that people can believe that this… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily want kids. A lot of our friends are having children and I don't know if it's for me. I… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
God doesn't help. I think that's a knockdown argument. I think that it really shows that whatever moral knowledge we have and… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
...as I reject the old time beliefs, it is not a matter of countering belief with belief, rather I can challenge the… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Television is much more difficult because at every moment, the network can force you to change things based on their belief about… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I find that when I'm in an argument and I'm angry, I can't even form a sentence well. You say something and… — Finneas Copy Share Image
One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
An argument may remove doubt, but only the Holy Spirit can convict of truth. — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image