But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I largely defer to the cognitive ethologists. I believe that the arguments that they make on this score are extremely persuasive. More… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is moving to - and will continue to move to the economic argument, as to why what he's… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
A lot of the women that I treat will tell me that when they talk to their siblings or mothers they very… — Laura Berman Copy Share Image
The sole argument generally given to justify this picture of the world is that perturbative string theories have a massless spin two… — Peter Woit Copy Share Image
“#4. Spend more time considering areas of agreement than disagreement. The doctrines you share with other true believers are the foundational doctrines;… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I was very lucky. I was just finishing my PhD at Cambridge in 1981. This opportunity came up because whaling was drawing… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
“One particularly poor argument in defence of eating meat is that if humans did not eat animals, those animals would not have… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Hey!” Ignoring my indignant protest, the prince proceeds up the incline, his steps sure and steady despite the rough terrain and my… — Alex Lidell Copy Share Image
Being gay is a natural normal beautiful variation on being human. Period. End of subject. Therefore, any argument which says differently is… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
When one has the right swing and enthusiasm, selling is not unlike hunting, a veritable sport. To scare up the game by… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I am well acquainted with all the arguments against freedom of thought and speech - the arguments which claim that it cannot… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The part that the public sees is the arguments up at the podium and the briefs that we file. But a significant… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
In fact, one of the arguments for searching for intelligent life in space, elsewhere, is that we have no evidence that intelligence… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Both law and comedy are heavily focused on thought and viewing all angles. To write a good joke, you have to look… — Troy Walker Copy Share Image
I think that in any argument about right or wrong in football, a reference to Don Revie's Leeds United is the nuclear… — Giles Smith Copy Share Image
I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
From my vantage point, when I'm criticized in a way that I can hear what's being said - i.e., the issues -… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
Workplace relations is about getting the best out of people. An argument which says that the only way we can compete with… — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Nothing like this has been attempted before. (...) It might be called a literary Porto Alegre. That implies a beginning, with much… — Perry Anderson Copy Share Image
There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
“ "You’re the first girl I’ve met around here who’s real, and who cares about things and likes to do things. But… — Jennifer Sturman Copy Share Image
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I didn't particularly feel like being arrested, so I argued with the soldiers a bit. Several of them died during the argument… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
They say that 'history is an argument without end.' In Thompson's skillful hands, this momentous argument between two old friends on the… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in… — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
The elimination of horrible disease, the increase of the quality of lives (for humans and for animals) achieved through research using animals… — Carl Cohen Copy Share Image
I had an argument with my students on why they want to present their work in an iBook, it's like your sister… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image
Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiotomy is… — Henci Goer Copy Share Image
The Besicovitch style is architectural. He builds out of simply elements a delicate and complicated architectural structure, usually with a hierarchical plan,… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is this claim to a monopoly of meaning, rather than any special scientific doctrine, that makes science and religion look like… — Mary Midgley Copy Share Image
That's when it happens. Maybe it was my argument. Maybe it was my scary zeal. Whatever the reason, as soon as Megan… — Cynthia Leitich Smith Copy Share Image