Contention Quotes

145 quotes by 126 authors

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with… — Hannah Arendt
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was… — Anita Brookner
The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that we may be… — C.S. Lewis
When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your… — Saadi
They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain… — Thomas More
I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name of the game.… — Jack Nicklaus
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt. — Claude Levi-Strauss
The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a belief is no longer even… — William H. Gass
The marathon's about being in contention over the last 10K. That's when it's about what you have in your core. You have run all the… — Robert de Castella
Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention. — Ezra Taft Benson
Contention, especially violence, is not the way to deal with our problems. Unfortunately, television, videos, movies, and electronic games teach otherwise. Even cartoons and many… — Harold Anthony Oaks
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful… — Emma Goldman
It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude… — Frank Yerby
We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because… — Jose Mourinho
The natural sciences are sometimes said to have no concern with values, nor to seek morality and goodness, and therefore belong to an inferior order… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered… — Alexander Hamilton
The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some… — Raymond Chandler
But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature. — Michel de Montaigne
I have lived to prove Thoreau's contention that a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let… — Albert Einstein

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