The very metaphor Paul chooses for this decisive moment in his argument shows that what he has in mind is not the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
No truth is proved, no truth achieved, by argument, and the ready-made truths men offer you are mere conveniences or drugs to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual impartiality should be confounded with political trimming, or… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
It's all very boring to say that we get along great and all that and sometimes we mock up come aggravation to… — Dave Edmunds Copy Share Image
As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
An argument in a couple: 2 people attempting to introduce each other to important truths - by panicked shouting. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
[Louis Brandeis] insisted on the necessity of public reason, which he thought could only be achieved if all of us just take… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Yet the most pervasive error one encounters in contemporary arguments about belief in God-especially, but not exclusively, on the atheist side-is the… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
Rage can only with difficulty, and never entirely, be brought under the domination of the intelligence, and therefore is not susceptible to… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically. — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Look. I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't… — Steve Israel Copy Share Image
When you argue and fight in a relationship, it is simply a test to see if the partnership is strong enough to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Liberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are… — George Will Copy Share Image
The nobility of Teresa Leo's poems is that they are not disposed to hide from the dark-rather, they display a mind that… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish,… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
According to a new study, 63% of men surveyed said they like to settle an argument by having sex. The other 37%… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
'In his celebrated book, 'On Liberty', the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is "a peculiar evil." If… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong...… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Clary: What are you doing here, anyway? Jace: 'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
My arguments for liberal empire or whatever you want to call it - hegemony, primacy, you name it - are really activated… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image