Argument Quote by Nigel Warburton Download Open image ““Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons—you really can choose to stop.”” — Nigel Warburton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Argument Philosophy Skiing Slippery slope
“Skiing can be thought of as a control and guidance activity, sliding down on a varying surface” — David W. Murrie Copy Share Image
“More than most sports, skiing is handed down through the generations. It doesn’t always stick, but when it does, it often sticks for life.” — Porter Fox Copy Share Image
“The moral high ground to which I aspired had turned into a slippery slope.” — Alfred Alcorn Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of guts to jump. If people criticise, I would give them a set of skis and say, 'Do it yourself… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
I don't know if you've ever been skiing, but if you go to the slope you'll see all these kids fearlessly zooming by. It's… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'd encourage anyone at any level to take lessons, as it really can turn you into a different kind of skier. — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
“If someone says, "You can make it!" down a vertical mountain when you don't ski very well, think about it before launching. This can… — Sandy Nathan Copy Share Image
“Reading is like skiing. When done well, when done by an expert, both reading and skiing are graceful, harmonious, activities. When done by a… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
My favorite ski slope is the kind that winds up at the cafeteria. My children, though, usually insist that I get out and take… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“A human being can choose what to do, what to become. We are all free. No one but you can decide what you make… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“If Abraham had gone ahead and killed his son he would have done something morally wrong. A father has a basic duty to look… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The best way to live, then, was this: have a very simple lifestyle, be kind to those around you, and surround yourself with friends.” — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and feared, but… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Farm animals aren't the only ones that suffer at the hands of human beings. Scientists use animals for their research. It's not just rats… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“One way of approaching the question about what makes a human being the same person over time would be to point out that we… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“Sartre explained what he meant by the anguish of choice through the true story of a student who had come to ask his advice… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“In this short philosophical novel he completely undermined the kind of optimism about humanity and the universe that Pope and Leibniz had expressed, and… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The best way to eliminate all suffering in the world would be to eliminate all sentient life. If there were no living things capable… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The problem as he saw it was not how short our lives are, but rather how badly most of us use what time we… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“But the basis of Freud's ideas aren't accepted by all philosophers, though many accept that he was right about the possibility of unconscious thought.… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s keyboard.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image