“I see all the more reason for debate by the man who does actually 'believe his own lies' - for that debate… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Lord Orville seemed by no means to think the Captain worthy an argument, upon a subject concerning which he had neither knowledge… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
No. But it's like the argument 'don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
If in the middle of an argument I suddenly fall silent it does not mean you have won... No it means you… — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
I thought we would be concerned if he knew how to stay on message, if [Donald] Trump knew how to make the… — Star Jones Copy Share Image
The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Ivan and Misha is the great American Russian Novel told as Chekhov would tell it, in stories of delicacy, humanity, and insight.… — Carolyn Cooke Copy Share Image
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
My sense from talking to college students is that you have a healthier sense of the diversity of opinions or arguments or… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
The novel is a thing of irony and ambiguity. That's at the heart of 'J', a world that has stopped arguing with… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
If you look back at history or you look at any place in the world where religious groups or ethnic groups or… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically. If I got up in the morning and thought… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any clever way for the establishment to take Donald Trump down. It's very simple. Another candidate is going… — Dalia Mogahed Copy Share Image
After granting amnesty to illegals 20 years ago, we have gone from 3 million illegals to 11 million illegals. Our government has… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
Heydrich, Eichmann, and company therefore invoke the usual trick of argument for breaking a true continuum that lacks a compelling point for… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I buy the argument that the public is more mistrustful - the debate will always garner that kind of… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
If and when they have a disagreement or argument, and if they can't resolve it, happy couples default to trusting and forgiving… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
An adjective, such as 'flimsy,' describes someone's access to a thing, such as 'argument.' But that's just that someone's access. It may… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
The Bible nowhere enters into an argument to prove the person and being of God. It assumes His being and reveals His… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing. Go… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
You know, men would much rather run away than talk about stuff, and my default setting has always been, 'If you have… — Stephen Moyer Copy Share Image
Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a bank being big. In fact, there are some good arguments about universality of… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share Image
Any argument where one supposes an arbitrary choice to be made an uncountably infinite number of times ...[is] outside the domain of… — Emile Borel Copy Share Image
You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I certainly do care about measuring educational results. But what is an 'educational result?' The twinkling eyes of my students, together with… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners,… — Glenn Hubbard Copy Share Image
No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
I understand that Republicans-running-against-Obamacare-in-order-to-save-Medicare is a clever jujitsu. But how long will they play out that argument before they get back to… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
It's the same argument people say about the blogs. The blogs are responsible. No, they're not. The blogs are like anything else.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The argument can be made: Maybe you want to trust the government, but you shouldn't because you don't know where things are… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
If you go away with, you know, a girlfriend, wife, whatever, you have an argument on holiday because you're not used to… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
The sum total or Ishwara may be said to be All-good, Almighty, and Omniscient. These are obvious qualities, and need no argument… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don’t give him poem to recite; don’t give him a song to sing.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image