The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which they have… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism”; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have… — Frank Yerby Copy Share Image
If there were more temple work done in the Church, there would be less of selfishness, less of contention, less of demeaning… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
One of the main point of contention is whether or not Keith Scott was in possession of a gun. We still don't… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Well, my contention is that the political system of this country is so designed criminally to prevent this, that if the black… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
My contention is that if you trace it back, it was the people of the East who brought them out of the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of… — Jim Steen Copy Share Image
It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who… — Philip K. Chapman Copy Share Image
Can a one judge sitting somewhere in a trial court issue an order that says nobody in the world is allowed to… — Eben Moglen Copy Share Image
We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
How damaging is a habit that permits faultfinding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
This is happening all over the world. It's not just this golf course. Hopefully, if it stays dry, it will let a… — Ben Crenshaw Copy Share Image
We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one… — Saadi Copy Share Image
It's got to do with the contention between content and form. Invariably that's what's responsible for its energies, its tensions, its being… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to see teams out of contention showcased in December and January. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed… — Al Michaels Copy Share Image
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. — Joyce Appleby Copy Share Image
Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities. — Mary Ellen Chase Copy Share Image
Our history in this country dates from the moment that restless men among us became restless under oppression and rose against it… — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was… — Lee Westwood Copy Share Image
It is the 'zoomorphic' or 'rattomorphic' fallacy - the expressed or implicit contention that there is no essential difference between rat and… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Propriety and single interest divides the people of a land and the whole world into parties and is the cause of all… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, what you… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will… — Nel Noddings Copy Share Image
I mean, we make a 15-minute show that's incredibly silly, even though all of our scenic designers, puppet builders. animators, everybody that… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
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