The worst, most insidious effect of censorship is that, in the end, it can deaden the imagination of the people. Where there… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“He disliked contradiction, and still more, arguments that were continually skipping from one thing to another, introducing new and disconnected points, so… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of… — Swami Abhedananda Copy Share Image
Men propound mathematical theorems in besieged cities, conduct metaphysical arguments in condemned cells, make jokes on the scaffold, discuss a new poem… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public;… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is definitely an argument that Sergio Aguero is the Premier League's best ever striker. — Shaun Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Passionate expression and vehement assertion are no arguments, unless it be of the weakness of the cause that is defended by them,… — William Chillingworth Copy Share Image
I argued last year on my shared blog that selling the right to immigrate would be the best approach to legal immigration.… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respect, and bat people over the head with their ignorance of etiquette… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
That's why we have appellate judges that are more than one judge because each of us, from our life experiences, will more… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
There will have to be rigid and iron discipline before we achieve anything great and enduring, and that discipline will not come… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. Whether as a general… — George Boole Copy Share Image
That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
