Quotes of: Argument Keyword

In the discovery of secret things, and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators.

W.S. Gilbert

At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat.

William Henry Moody

Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their supposed defense.

Pauline Neville-Jones

Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments.

Peter Arnett

The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War' upon re-election, received its most farcical treatment in Oliver Stone's 'JFK.'

Rick Perlstein

There’s a fascinating frailty of the human mind that psychologists know all about, called “argument from ignorance.” This is how it goes. Remember what the “U” stands for in “UFO”? You see lights flashing in the sky. You’ve never seen...

Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

We can only afford two children' is a squalid argument, but more acceptable in our society than 'we don't like children'.

The Female Eunuch

Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

No matter what argument you make against evolution, the response is Yes, and it's possible to believe in Spiderman and believe in God, but that doesn't prove Spiderman is true.

Godless: The Church of Liberalism

It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.

A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis

The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning;

The History of Great Britain: the Reigns of James I and Charles I

...His argument, as set out in The Problems of Philosophy, was based on the empirical fact that we are not only aware of things but are also, very frequently, aware of being aware of them.

Bertrand Russell

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had tro...

Bobby Cox

I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?

Henry V

Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

The Imitation of Christ

With no one to confide in, she'd held the argument inside her own head and naturally found a way to dissolve facts into concepts and concepts into explanations that in the end explained nothing at all.

Interlands

Display politeness and frankness always both in action and conversation. Don’t keep engaging in useless arguments. It scares your dreams away. Talk sensibly.

Shaping the dream

One great thinker said one thing, another said another, and while the two thoughts are contradicting, the one that backs my argument at the moment is the superior statement.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I’d like to make the argument that The Cars were the first garage band.

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers?

The Thousandfold Thought