Dubious Quotes

88 quotes by 83 authors

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs,… — Hannah Arendt
That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington… — Daniel Okrent
The way to prevent war is to bend every energy toward preventing it, not to proceed by the dubious indirection of preparing for it. — Max Lerner
Landscape pictures can offer us, I think, three verities: geography, autobiography, and metaphor. Geography is, if taken alone, sometimes boring, autobiography is frequently trivial, and… — Robert Adams
Computer models of the climate....[are] a very dubious business if you don't have good inputs. — Freeman Dyson
Listen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has time for the rock star bullshit. None of… — Henry Rollins
Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the… — Colin McGinn
There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk â€˜his life, his fortune and his sacred… — Robert A. Heinlein
American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of… — Sydney J. Harris
I consider the concept of a global mean temperature to be somewhat dubious. A single number cannot adequately capture climate c hange. This number, as… — Craig F. Bohren
I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that there's… — Ron Chernow
Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness falsifies… — Blaise Cendrars
The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldnt find a place for their dubious talents… — L. Neil Smith
The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is heâ€™s given the freedom to starve anywhere. — S. J. Perelman
Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity of the Bible,… — Jon Krakauer
For hundreds of millions of years, Sex was the most efficient method for propagating information of dubious provenance: the origins of all those snippets of… — Seth Lloyd
My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate. They wind up… — Robert M. Price
And, in the future, while the dumb show of bohemianism plays itself out in the cookie cutter shape of the politically correct martyr/victim, aesthetic terrorists… — Adam Parfrey
Despite the dubious statistics â€¦ democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting. — Rory Stewart
Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long. — Gene Cernan

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