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
We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and… — Kyle Chandler Copy Share Image
Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
In the real world there is no nature vs. nurture argument, only an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
When communism failed, it wasn't a good idea that had gone wrong, it was a bad idea that had been sustained with… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that… — Tony Parsons Copy Share Image
Fox hunting, there's big fox hunting thing, there's arguments in Britain about fox hunting. And they go around. They obviously hunt foxes… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Apple chief executive Tim Cook is such a respected figure that it's easy to overlook the basic problem with his argument about… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Mathematics is about problems, and problems must be made the focus of a student's mathematical life. Painful and creatively frustrating as it… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“The traditional arguments for the existence of God have been fairly thoroughly criticised by philosophers. But the theologian can, if he wishes,… — J.L. Mackie Copy Share Image
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
Well, I have a message for the nameless , gutless whimperers out there. Quit whining. Unlike some other shows, we here at… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography… — Emil Ruder Copy Share Image
“People will say,"there's heaven and hell", and they take it so serious that they look so sorrowful with penitence. I would rather… — Michael Bassey Johnson 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
It doesn’t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
The very metaphor Paul chooses for this decisive moment in his argument shows that what he has in mind is not the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought. I delight in telling what I think;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants.… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Interfaith dialogue is a must today, and the first step in establishing it is forgetting the past, ignoring polemical arguments, and giving… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
The choices politicians make must be based on values - not an arbitrary, axe-wielding approach to public spending or a dismal exchange… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I was stuck in traffic and I looked in the mirror and in the car behind me there was a couple having… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important… — Jermain Defoe Copy Share Image
My argument is that there is already an automated machine to make pads. What I did - I reverse-engineered it to 'simple.'… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
Those who insist on transferring the Iranian nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council have received an additional argument for doing so. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it,… — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
Some philosophical arguments (e.g., in connection with the mind/body problem) look pretty good, while others (e.g., those that criticize moral realism) do… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
My hair and I had a really bad argument. She was being sprayed with alcohol and burnt with irons. She was being… — Chrisette Michele Copy Share Image
“Faith, for me, isn't an argument, a catechism, a philosophical “proof.” It is instead a lens, a way of experiencing life, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
