Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
There are science teachers who actually claim that they teach "a healthy skepticism." They do not. They teach a profound gullibility, and… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
We have to find a way of understanding how one category of sex can be "assigned" from both and another sense of… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user… — Jakob Nielsen Copy Share Image
The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tendulkar can now rightly lay claim to the title of being the greatest batsman in cricket history. And if some people argue… — Rashid Latif Copy Share Image
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value. ... Unqualified judgment can at most claim to decide the market-value - a value that… — Arnold Schoenberg Copy Share Image
Second, they [those who disagree with market efficiency] always claim they know a man, a bank, or a fund that does do… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is… — Karel Capek Copy Share Image
My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
The present relationship existing between husband and wife, where one claims a command over the actions of the other, is nothing more… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill. — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. "I claim India… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: Nothing will set you apart from culture more than the exclusive claims of Christianity. And it is here… — R. Kent Hughes Copy Share Image
In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The reason we avoid the word 'synergy' is because people generally claim more synergistic benefits than will come. Yes, it exists, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image