Cogent Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are… — Nicolas Cage
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the… — Hermann Bondi
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is weaker than I… — Douglas Hofstadter
But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable.… — William Bayliss
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if the state of… — Anthony Storr
Edward Conardâ€™s book represents the most cogent and persuasive analysis of the Financial Crisis to date. It is deeper and likely more accurate than what… — Andrei Shleifer
My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal… — Jack Nicholson
I believe that dance is the oldest, noblest and most cogent of the arts. I believe that dance is the most perfect symbol of the… — Ted Shawn
Power is being able to say complete and utter nonsense and have it be believed, powerlessness is where no matter how much cogent evidence and… — Catharine MacKinnon
I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every work of art reaches man in his inner powers. It reaches him more profoundly and insidiously than any rational proposition, either cogent demonstration or… — Jacques Maritain
So successful has the ideological-political-cultural purge been executed that it is hard indeed to find vigorous liberals, and no energetic, coherent and cogent leftists at… — Kenny Smith
Rules of Play is an exhaustive, clear, cogent, and complete resource for understanding games and game design. Salen and Zimmerman describe an encyclopedia of game… — Nathan Shedroff
The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and… — Jacob Bronowski
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. — John Stuart Mill
[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to why life is… — Woody Allen
Truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must… — Ravi Zacharias
One curious result of this inertia, which deserves to rank among the fundamental 'laws' of nature, is that when a discovery has finally won tardy… — F. C. S. Schiller
This piece was cogent, well-wrtetin, and pithy. — Sewana

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19 authors contributed a total of 20 Cogent Quotes as follows: