A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls;… — Ayn Rand 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 idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“The Angel (in Joshua) declared that he was born leader and indicated that he was in the army of the Lord. The… — Dennis Garvin Copy Share Image
Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don't agree with… — Frederick Carl Frieseke Copy Share Image
Ultimately, however, conflict lies not in objective reality, but in people's heads. Truth is simple one argument - perhaps a good one,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no man ever… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover, and effectually to distinguish, the true motions of particular bodies from the… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Liberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are… — George Will Copy Share Image
“The poet was, of course, always present to assist the debater. Though the logic of Lewis's Christian apologetics may be fallible, the… — Humphrey Carpenter 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
As you probably know, I'm often accused of intellectual exhibitionism and all forms of elitism. Although I can understand this point of… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
There is some argument about who actually invented text messaging, but I think it's safe to say it was a man. Multiple… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith have committed the keeping of… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Needless to say, banks and bondholders do not want to promote any arguments explaining the limits to how much can be paid… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Time and time again in history, it's the emotional argument that wins. Probably since 70,000 BC we've been making decisions in a… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
There's an argument that maybe [The Grinder] was better suited for streaming or cable. I don't know. I still like to think… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving. — David Perkins Copy Share Image
Silence is an endangered quantity in our time... Silence, embraced, stuns with its presence, its pregnant reality—a reality that does not negate… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I hear from a lot of young women, you know, I don't want to call myself a feminist because I don't want… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I am not so sure whether what we do now is art or something not quite art. If I call it art,… — Allan Kaprow Copy Share Image
Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to… — Hans Eysenck Copy Share Image
The bucolic mind of East Barsetshire took warm delight in the eloquence of the eminent personage who represented them, but was wont… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“(For those who like to quote Aristotle’s wisdom when appealing to his “Prime Mover” argument for the existence of God, let us… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“It wasn't an attack. We'd been together too many times before, made love together too many times before, for it to be… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
You almost never get the pleasure of seeing that you won the argument in real time. People just don't like to publicly… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a… — George Sand Copy Share Image
We had an argument once, yeah. It was the best thing that could have happened to our working relationship. After that, we… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
“When you are unsure about what you believe in, anything can turn into an argument. Everything can become debatable. But when you… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image