My Contention Quotes

23 My Contention quotes by 21 unique 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
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
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that… — Don DeLillo
It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment… — Unknown Author
What happens is all these things we're seeing – campylobacter, E coli, mad cow, listeria, salmonella, that weren't even in the lexicon 30 years ago… — Joel Salatin
My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even… — Nel Noddings
My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of two ways, either… — Unknown Author
Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy. — Viktor E. Frankl
It is my contention that no other invention of man has brought greater chaos to humanity than the practice of religion. — Paul Winchell
My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style. — Rick Moody
My contention is that as long as you have other faculties-the emotional, psychological, intuitive faculties-you haven't lost yourself or even diminished yourself. Don't be ashamed… — Morrie Schwartz
It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely,… — David Whyte
I wish to boast that Pygmalion has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at home. It is… — George Bernard Shaw
Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to sing… — Carrie Mae Weems
People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from… — Anthony de Jasay
As one of the first editors at 'Outside' magazine in 1975, it was my contention that most American writing going back to James Fennimore Cooper… — Tim Cahill
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own, 'corny',… — Don Ellis
To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority… — H. L. Mencken
The Fundamentalist Christians have told me that I am a slave of Satan and should have my demons expelled with an exorcism. The Fundamentalist Materialists… — Robert Anton Wilson
It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much wider… — Gian Carlo Menotti
It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read. — Anita Brookner
It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I… — Bob Keeshan

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