The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.” — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Q: What is the next thing one should do after winning an argument with the wife? A: Apologize!!.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side. — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
“Some things that goes out of your mouth can wrap itself around your neck and choke you to death in future.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Lawyers serve a purpose, and we couldn't operate as society without them. They can make things more complicated and difficult, but there… — Gabriel Macht Copy Share Image
The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is… — David Bennun 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
Obviously, anyone in contradiction with authority must possess equivalent knowledge and additional fact in order to sustain his argument. — Samuel Homola Copy Share Image
Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The argument from design is ultimately an appeal to miraculous causes, i.e., causes that do not, and cannot, occur in the natural… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
Through Plato, Aristotle came to believe in God; but Plato never attempted to prove His reality. Aristotle had to do so. Plato… — Edith Hamilton 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
There are important arguments to be made about the relative merits of an hereditary or an elected head of state: but not… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
Oh, by the way…” Jason glanced at Percy. “I resigned my office, gave Frank a field promotion to praetor. Unless you want… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Writing is what's important to me, and anything that helps me do that - or enhances and prolongs and deepens and sometimes… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I thought that was a pretty stupid argument, really, because it's the final product that matters. The look of the film, however… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image