To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Much of economics isn't difficult, or rather, the difficulty is in cooking up arguments to "prove" that commonsense conclusions are wrong. The… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
The more history I learnt, the less interested I got in winning arguments and the more interested in establishing the truth. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Neoliberalization has not been very effective in revitalizing global capital accumulation, but it has succeeded remarkably well in restoring, or in some… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
The power of large corporations is still a scourge on the earth, but at least the arguments supporting them are undermined now. — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space. — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
“Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right; they are contention over degrees of wrongness.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The practice of narrative and argument does not lead to invention, but it compels a certain coherence of thought. — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
I love being married. It's great. But I hate arguing. I hate fighting. You know what I do now? When we get… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
If I just point out the fact that black people hurt each other, too, then we can ignore the fact that other… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance,… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument. — John Major Copy Share Image
The classification of facts and the formation of absolute judgments upon the basis of this classification-judgments independent of the idiosyncrasies of the… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
All the arguments about nutrition are really about what is the problem ingredient in the western diet. Is it the fat? Is… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Personally I do not resort to force- not even the force of law- to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion,… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
My argument is: keep the bloody bottom line at the bottom. That's where it should be. — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
As much as the social conservatives might not like to hear it, there will be a time when your grandchildren say: 'What… — Jim Kolbe Copy Share Image
The first rules about Islamic law weren't even written down for a century and a half after the Prophet's death, and it… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
“Then everyone would retreat for a nap, after which we would have coffee and cake, sometimes an argument.” — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
