“Working on the editorial page had sharpened Whitney's mind and coarsened her feelings, so she treated every subject as theoretical and abstract.… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Playing devil's advocate with myself is very, very hard. It's a 24-hour thing. Because I know there's a possibility that people are… — Fallon Fox Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
“She leaned back in her chair and raised her face to the sun, mildly intoxicated, not so much by the wine as… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
People have confused playing devil's advocate with being intelligent. — Cecily Strong Copy Share Image
If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it,… — Esme Raji Codell Copy Share Image
This does not mean that the profession is about to abandon Darwin forever or indorse [sic] my views publicly. The situation remains… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
'Playboy Magazine' has been a devil's advocate for me. Because of the image and type-casting, it's harder to convince people that I… — Barbi Benton Copy Share Image
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I will sit there on the air and look at every position and play devil's advocate. — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
I had a sex scene with Keanu Reeves in Devil's Advocate, but I turned into a different girl in the middle of… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
“[It] could be argued that the favorite sin of Satan would not be vanity, as described in 'Devil's Advocate', or even unbelief… — Brian Godawa Copy Share Image
“It is not impossible, however, to deliberately stave off the dangers of groupthink. Irving Janis proposed a list of ways to do… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else. — Ingrid Weir Copy Share Image
If opponents of all important truths do not exist, it is indispensable to imagine them and supply them with the strongest arguments… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“However, perhaps the most insidious aspect of the New Age movement is what I call the Optimism Gestapo, or those who regulate… — David Icke Copy Share Image
John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
That's one of those hazards of an interview: You get tired of your stock answer and you try to get creative and… — Doug Martsch Copy Share Image
