Argument
My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading
Author: Thomas HardyTopics: Acceptance, Argument, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Peace, Reading
Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed
Author: Thomas AquinasTopics: Argument, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Made, Meaningful, Mistakes
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
Author: Jane AustenTopics: Argument, Famous, Meaningful
My argument would be that I don’t think there is much that’s genuinely political art that is good art
Author: Thom YorkeTopics: Argument, Famous, Feelings, Genuinely, Meaningful, Political
Even there in the midst of my belief that there was nothing worth salvaging, I could feel the truth of his words. Our circus act, begun at the Biltmore Hotel four years earlier, had mostly been a success. To admit as much, though, would be to undermine my argument. He would take the admission and twist it around in some way that would make him the victim and me the villain. I couldn’t say what I knew: that I was the villain, too
Author: Therese FowlerTopics: Admission, Argument, Belief, Circus, Famous, Hotel, Meaningful, Midst, Success, Truth, Undermine, Victim, Villain, Worth
With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument
Author: Theophile GautierTopics: Argument, Famous, Gentleness, Meaningful, Persuasive, Powerful
It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Amazing, Answer, Argument, Attributing, Believe, Deal, Disagree, Famous, Kind, Logic, Meaningful, Motives, Reasoning
One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans – anything except reason
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Acceptance, Argument, Dumbed, Education, Emotion, Famous, Feelings, Painful, Reason, Slogans
The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn’t work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Argument, Famous, Feelings, Good, Heart, Life, Meaningful, Socialism, Soft, Strongest
There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is – compared to what? The second is – at what cost? And the third is – what hard evidence do you have?
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Argument, Destroy, Evidence, Famous, Hard, Life, Meaningful, Question, Second
There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better.
Author: Ha-Joon ChangTopics: Acknowledgement, Argument, Destruction, Famous, Hyperinflation, Logical, Nature
That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Argument, Bible, Famous, Feelings, God, Meaningful, Priests, Proof
Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in economics that can be established independently of political, and frequently moral, judgements. Therefore, when faced with an economic argument, you must ask the age-old question ‘Cui bono?’ (Who benefits?), first made famous by the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Author: Ha-Joon ChangTopics: Argument, Economics, Economy, Famous, Never, Political, Politics, Science
But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.
Author: H. Rap Brown
Topics: Argument, Black People, Country, Fall, Famous, Laws
Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists. None of the great boons and usufructs that were to follow the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment has come to pass. There is not less drunkenness in the Republic, but more. There is not less crime, but more. There is not less insanity, but more. The cost of government is not smaller, but vastly greater. Respect for law has not increased, but diminished.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Argument, Famous, Favorite, Government, Law, Prohibition, Years
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Author: H. L. Mencken
Topics: Argument, Crimes, Criminals, Famous, Funny, Humor, Poverty
Originally the big argument was that they wanted to call it “raw and uncut” and I told them I had a problem with that. When you say “raw” it implies that my show is dirty and that’s not the case.
Author: Gabriel IglesiasTopics: Argument, Dirty, Famous, Problem, Show
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
Topics: Argument, Defending, Defensible war, Fault, Faulty Ideas, Harmful, Harmless, Leading, Leads, Most
There is no exercise that can take the place of walking. by it the circulation of the blood is greatly improved. Walking, in all cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for the diseased bodies, because in this, all of the organs of the body are brought into use.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Argument, Blood, Circulation, Exercise, Famous, Favor, Improved, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Place, Strongest, Walking
The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Argument, Christian, Famous, Favor, Gospel, Inspirational, Life, Loving, Meaningful, Strong, Strongest
Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.
Author: Robert A. HeinleinTopics: Alcohol, Argument, Political
Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.
Author: Gordon B. HinckleyTopics: Argument, Belief, Famous, Inspirational, Kindness, Persuasive
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Author: Colin Powell
Topics: area, Argument, Doubt, Doubtful, Famous, Life, Meaningful, Offering, Simplification, Simply, Solution, Solve, Understand, Understanding Language
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.
Author: Edgar Allan PoeTopics: Argument, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Author: Che GuevaraTopics: Argument, Carried, Carried out, Effective, Effects, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Silence
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Author: Che GuevaraTopics: Argument, Carried, Carried out, Effects, Effectual means, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Significance, Silence
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
Author: Douglas AdamsTopics: Argument, Equal, Famous, Logic, Meaningful, Opinion, Sophisticated
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations, or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Author: Charlie Chaplin
Topics: Argument, Crashed, Fear, Fear Less, Long-term planning, Longer, Longest sentence, Probabilities, Problem, Problem-Solving, Standing up, Star, Workings, World
The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent’s strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.
Author: Carl von Clausewitz
Topics: Argument, Arises, Decision, Decisions, Falling, False, Maintaining, Majority, Make, Preparations, Prepare for Danger, Strength
A central lesson of science is that to understand complex issues (or even simple ones), we must try to free our minds of dogma and to guarantee the freedom to publish, to contradict, and to experiment. Arguments from authority are unacceptable.
Author: Carl Sagan
Topics: Acceptance, Argument, Completion, Complex issue, Experiences, Famous, Free, Freedom, Growth Mindset, Growth-oriented mindset, Guarantee, Lessons, Letting, Meaningful, Similar, Simple, simplest, Thoughtless
The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
Author: Carl Sagan
Topics: Argument, Cure, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Ideas, Life, Meaningful, Suppress, Supreme Being
The minister gave out his text and droned along monotonously through an argument that was so prosy that many a head by and by began to nod — and yet it was an argument that dealt in limitless fire and brimstone and thinned the predestined elect down to a company so small as to be hardly worth the saving.
Author: Mark TwainTopics: Argument, Famous, Feelings, Fire, Meaningful, Worth
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
Author: George WashingtonTopics: Argument, Famous, Inspirational, Judgment, Modesty, Motivational, Submit, Superior
I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.
Author: Margaret ThatcherTopics: Argument, Debate, Famous, Inspirational, Love, Meaningful
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
Author: Margaret ThatcherTopics: Argument, Attack, Cheer Up, Famous, Immensely, Inspirational, Meaningful, Particularly, Personally, Political, Wounding
Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Author: George CarlinTopics: Argument, Experiences, Famous, Idiots, Inspirational, Meaningful, Personal Well-Being, Sense of regret, Senselessness, Wisdom
I think my problem is that i argue with people no matter of their age.
Author: Lil DurkTopics: Age limit, Argument, Famous, People, Problem
But, you might say, “none of this shakes my belief that 2 and 2 are 4.” You are quite right, except in marginal cases—and it is only in marginal cases that you are doubtful whether a certain animal is a dog or a certain length is less than a meter. Two must be two of something, and the proposition “2 and 2 are 4” is useless unless it can be applied. Two dogs and two dogs are certainly four dogs, but cases arise in which you are doubtful whether two of them are dogs. “Well, at any rate there are four animals,” you may say. But there are microorganisms concerning which it is doubtful whether they are animals or plants. “Well, then living organisms,” you say. But there are things of which it is doubtful whether they are living organisms or not. You will be driven into saying: “Two entities and two entities are four entities.” When you have told me what you mean by “entity,” we will resume the argument.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Animal, Applied, Argument, Arguments, Belief, Doubtful, Marginal, Organisms, Proposition, Resume, Right, Something
If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.
Author: Neil deGrasse TysonTopics: Argument, Famous, Invoke, Job, Meaningful, Pedigree, People
The argument is over. Anyone that doesn’t believe that climate change is happening doesn’t believe in science.
Author: Leonardo Di CaprioTopics: Argument, Believe, Climate change, Concerned, Famous, Science
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots
Author: AesopTopics: Ability, Acceptance, Argument, Courage, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Learning, Life, Meaningful, Positive, Root, Satisfied, Strength, Strong, Struggle, Support
I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That’s a bad place for an argument because then I tried to walk out and slammed the flap. How are you supposed to express your anger in this situation? Zipper it up really quick?
Author: Mitch HedbergTopics: Anger, Argument, Bad, Flap, Girlfriend, Place, Slammed
I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past. In the time of Galileo it was argued that the texts, ‘And the sun stood still… and hasted not to go down about a whole day’ (Joshua x. 13) and ‘He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not move at any time’ (Psalm cv. 5) were an adequate refutation of the Copernican theory.
Author: Alan TuringTopics: Argument, Famous, Feelings, Impressed, Life, Satisfaction, Support
When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don’t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument.
I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.
Topics: Amazement, Argument, Bridegroom, Bridge, Frightened, World