When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating. — Henry Flynt Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms. — Rudolf Carnap Copy Share Image
If we accept that there is no such thing as 'zero risk' then we should not spin the meaning of words with… — Rob Long Copy Share Image
Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Can't blame men for wanting him. And wouldn't be surprised if Dad even mildly flirted back. Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay.… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that Tony Blair has finally gone mad ... he made assertions that are so jaw-droppingly and… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The report falsely asserts that global warming is causing more extreme weather events, more droughts, more record high temperatures, more wildfires, warmer… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
But as the clerical pretensions are more exacting than all others, being put forward with an assertion that no answer is possible… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Our doubts about ourselves cannot be banished except by working at that which is the one and only thing we know we… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Despite the modern dogma to the effect that women were a subject sex until the nineteenth century 'emancipated' them from history, women… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
A central tenet of modern feminist thought has been the assertion that "all women are oppressed." This assertion implies that women share… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The purpose of having the title 'World-Teacher' is to acknowledge, to show, the condition of mind and heart when you have achieved.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce… — James Cook Copy Share Image
The argument that the literal story of Genesis can qualify as science collapses on three major grounds: the creationists' need to invoke… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I believe that we [Americans] are making more new enemies than we are killing terrorists at this point, and I think it's… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
For the assertion that "There is no God" is just as much a claim to knowledge as is the assertion that "There… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard… — Andrew Mason Copy Share Image
We will no longer be led only by that half of the population whose socialization, through toys, games, values and expectations, sanctions… — Wilma Scott Heide Copy Share Image
The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Liminality may perhaps be regarded as the Nay to all positive structural assertions, but as in some sense the source of them… — Victor Turner Copy Share Image
Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of the many,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
To the human mind there is something almost illogical in the assertion that God became a man. It is like speaking about… — Ralph P. Martin Copy Share Image
Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines… — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
Passionate expression and vehement assertion are no arguments, unless it be of the weakness of the cause that is defended by them,… — William Chillingworth Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is no Skeptic, & the things He has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but assertions… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The most popular argument in all these papers was the assertion ... that Christianity had grown and prospered in spite of the… — H. J Eckenrode Copy Share Image
The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Intercourse is an assertion of mastery, one that announces his own higher caste and proves it upon a victim who is expected… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
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