Conflicting Quotes

131 quotes by 123 authors

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same… — Abigail Adams
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have,… — Ambrose Bierce
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. — Louis D. Brandeis
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. — Winston Churchill
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions. — Stephen Ambrose
Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field… — William James
By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us to get a… — Morris Raphael Cohen
As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. — Charles Darwin
And it is true that life lacks the monotony of museums. There come days which seem worthy of being framed, but they are so full… — Italo Svevo
Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject conflicting… — Ian Stevenson
But, as Bacon has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear and definite, than out of… — William Bayliss
We are (most of us) embedded in an exceedingly complex network of social relationships, many of which are vital to our well-being. Every day we… — Peter Corning
[Theory is] an explanation that has been confirmed to such a degree, by observation and experiment, that knowledgeable experts accept it as fact. That's what… — David Quammen
Every writer must reconcile, as best he may, the conflicting claims of consistency and variety, of rigour in detail and elegance in the whole. The… — Julian Coolidge
In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether. 'Living-space' figured more… — Ian Kershaw
War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests. — Germaine Greer
In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order… — Ronald Reagan
Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals - they are both essential ingredients for long-term success — Bill Ford
Constrained optimization is the art of compromise between conflicting objectives. This is what design is all about. To find fault with biological design - as… — William A. Dembski
I'm reluctantly interested in love and helplessly interested in logic and yet they're so conflicting. And they're both necessary for a happy balance, a happy… — Laura Marling

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