Trump will not respond to reasoned argument. He will not be held accountable for the things he said. All you can do… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
For I had often said that the best argument I knew for an immortal life was the existence of a man who… — William James Copy Share Image
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I try to turn a written thing, when I'm in trouble with it, into a spoken thing: I start imagining what I… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
In our swamp of media sensationalism and group-speak, BOSTON REVIEW stands out as a bold voice for reason and argument, one of… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
What we perceive things to be when they come out of our mouth is not what the listener perceives it to be.… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
It is also naïve empiricism to provide, in support of some argument, series of eloquent confirmatory quotes by dead authorities. By searching,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“I am not a thing to be controlled by you,' Nesta said icily. Everything in her life, from the moment she was… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
It is our argument that a sufficiently low price can turn a security of mediocre quality into a sound investment opportunity -… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
“What happened was: they became a team, a family of two. There had been times before they ran away when they acted… — E.L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
Inevitably it's going to cause some terrible misogynist backlash, and I assume we'll look forward to eight years of jaw-droppingly sexist statements… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I always felt like I could participate at the adult table, but I also knew that if you're going to make an… — Meena Harris Copy Share Image
During the sole argument we had when [Chelsea] was in high school, the subject of which I don't even remember, I looked… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience.… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no… — John Warwick Montgomery Copy Share Image
The argument, now, is about whether Bolshevik Russia was 'better' than Nazi Germany. In the days when the New Left dawned, the… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some… — Aml Ameen Copy Share Image
Philosophical progress changes what we take to be "intuitively" obvious, and this change covers up the tracks of the laborious arguments that… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
In a proper pub everyone there is potentially, if not a lifelong friend, at least someone to lure into an argument about… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
There's a very real argument that the minute we are capable of going to a planet, whether it's Mars or another one,… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
When you voice your disagreement, begin by talking about what you have in common with the person you are arguing with. Too… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Please,” she whispered, sounding more frantic. “Don’t leave me down in these chasms alone.” He smiled wryly. “Is it really this hard… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that Britain was the first country to industrialize, so I think there's a strong argument to say this… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image