He always had a chip on his shoulder that he was ready to use to kindle an argument. — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
“Bean sighed inwardly. It never failed. Whenever he had any conversation with Ender, it turned into an argument.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against… — Dietrich von Hildebrand Copy Share Image
All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter. — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. — Tertullian Copy Share Image
When I read passages like this, I want to look for the nearest wall to bang my head against. — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
People want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. ... You can have the best product, the best service, the… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If you take anything that succeeded, just imagine it succeeding 10 years before or 10 years after, you could almost always make,… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
If there is such a simple argument for physicalism, how come everybody hasn't always been a physicalist? That's a good question, and… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
A lot of conservative writers have twisted that argument in the conversation around Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel and said this is identity politics… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
People read legal writing differently. When you're at the crux of a legal argument, every step is a step in the argument.… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“In an argument, a “teller” will frequently remind you of how well they treat you, even after blatantly hurting you. A “show-er”… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
And there are some - Bernie [Ecclestone] and others - who are embracing new technologies. When Sky UK started to broadcast there… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just… — C.S. Lewis 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
No one really needs me,” he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice...“I do,” I say. “I need you.” He looks… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead,… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
I believed then, and continue to believe now, that the benefits to our security and freedom of widely available cryptography far, far… — Matt Blaze Copy Share Image
You can always win an argument with a lady during your last few minutes of your life by telling her that she's… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
“Attacking the person instead of the argument is condemned in logic, widespread in physics, and not used nearly enough in humanism.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I hate people who always turn around an argument on you. Never their fault, always yours. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We argue with our biology, and the result of that argument is civilization. — Charles Siebert Copy Share Image
I've scaled back my involvement with Twitter; it's too easy to get dragged into an argument. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“There is only one argument for doing something; the rest are arguments for doing nothing” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one appreciates a professional anymore. Everyone's a mystic. Which is why I take drunk Jim over acid Jim - the argument… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Even in the Senate, I'd put up any of the stories we did against any pablum Time or Newsweek has put out… — Marc Morano 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
I don't care that much about rote memorization. An old boyfriend of mine used to get into lacerating arguments with his parents… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isnt really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“If you aspire to be truly open-minded, you can’t just try to see the other side of an argument. That’s not enough.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I feel as if dystopian and utopian representations are historically the most effective way of criticizing modern society. You know, because you… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image