The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism deals with… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Just supposing for the sake of the argument that there is a being of such a kind as that He may with… — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
The process of reading is not a half sleep, but in the highest sense, an exercise, a gymnast's struggle: that the reader… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
If one is talking to a finance minister of a poor country, moral arguments tend not to get very far. But if… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Where thou perceivest knowledge, bend the ear of attention and respect; But yield not further to the teaching, than as thy mind… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced… — David Brin Copy Share Image
No one thinks anything silly is suitable when they are an adolescent. Such an enormous share of their own behavior is silly… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The Nuffield report suggests that there is a moral imperative for investment into GM crop research in developing countries. But the moral… — Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher Copy Share Image
All the arguments there are against Malcolm [Turnbull] - and there are many - the one thing in which he is impeccable… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its… — IU?. I. Manin Copy Share Image
Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far.… — Bobby Cox Copy Share Image
“Nothing is less applicable to life than a mathematical argument. A proposition expressed in numbers is definitely false or true. In all… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
To write and speak correctly is certainly necessary; but it is not sufficient. A derivation correctly presented in the book or on… — George Polya Copy Share Image
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Why don't Republicans spend all their airtime attacking the media for lying about what Obama's amnesty does and what the Democrats are… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Most of this film, however, is about interpretation - are these people terrorists or freedom fighters? Are they good or bad? Is… — Marshall Curry Copy Share Image
“Some foolish men declare that creator made the world. The doctrine that the world was created is ill advised and should be… — Jinasena Copy Share Image
Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument, its function is to make the worse appear the better article. A confused competition of… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
Terrible, it was terrible. Even today and it's been several months now you just bring it up and I tear up a… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Here is the cosmological proof of the existence of God - the design argument of Paley - updated and refurbished. The fine… — Edward Robert Harrison Copy Share Image
“After all, growing up is nothing but an argument with your parents on the topic of whether or not you are grown.… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
Television is much more difficult because at every moment, the network can force you to change things based on their belief about… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I think what hinders the argument is when people are afraid of hurting the feelings of racists and people who are genuinely… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
“Even when we're right, we may be wrong. If--in the process of debate--we've hurt the heart of another being, it matters not… — Shakieb Orgunwall Copy Share Image
The word conservative means discriminatory practically. It's a form of political discrimination. What do the Republicans run on? Against gay marriage and… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
One-hundred facts about Vietnam and we studied the fact sheet and got in to these arguments and it was fantastic, and I… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Scientists often talk of parsimony (as in "the simplest explanation is probably correct," also known as Occam's razor), but we should not… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Kat and Kropp get in an argument over the war as they rest from an hour’s worth of drill (occasioned by Tjaden’s… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image