“Think about this - some of us actively fighting to remove Saddam Hussein don't agree with the cause themselves, but they're doing their duty. And it is our duty as loyal Americans to shut up once the fighting begins, unless - unless facts prove the operation wrong, as was the case in Vietnam.” ThinkingFactsFightingCausesCasesDutyProveAgreeOperationsRemoveVietnamLoyalShut UpSaddamHussein Author:Bill O'Reilly
“In the case of a man and a woman [accused of commiting a crime together], both will often agree to the man taking the rap despite the man being more likely to receive a longer sentence and more likely to be raped in prison. If blacks were agreeing to do that for whites, the black community would be smart enough to call that 'learned subservience.'” IfsMenEnoughWould BeTogetherBlackCommunityCasesCrimeHe ManSmartAgreePrisonRapSentencesDespiteAccusedBeing SmartBlack CommunitySubservience Author:Warren Farrell
“Seva, love and sacrifice are the basic prerequisites for human development. If you agree with this precept, nurture good will towards all and help people to the best of your ability without expecting anything in return. Don't think, 'I will render service only when the organizers agree with me and not otherwise.' Dear brother! In that case, you will not be able to serve. You will only nurture your ego by making others agree with you.” PeopleIfsThinkingLoveHumansHelpingAbleAbilityCasesSacrificeBrotherDevelopmentReturnEgoAgreeDearExpectingNurtureGood WillHuman DevelopmentPrerequisitesOrganizerLove And SacrificeDear Brother Author:Asaram
“One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure - and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.” IfsMenHeartDoeWholeEnjoyCasesViolenceTypeReturnCitizensOffersGunAgreeFellowsInterviewsEndeavorEarnestBleedingBegetsBleeding Heart Author:Jeff Cooper
“Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is qualified for leadership, when it comes to posts of authority such as presidency, Muslim scholars unanimously agree that it is impermissible for a woman to assume such a post because in this case she is in charge of her people's affairs.” PeopleIfsMenPoliticalCasesRightsEqualAuthorityMen And WomenRegardAgreeAssumingIslamAffairPostsScholarPresidencyQualifiedDifferentiatePolitical Rights Author:Yusuf al-Qaradawi
“Marshes that are stagnant and have no outlets either by rivers or ditches, like the Pomptine marshes, merely putrefy as they stand, emitting heavy, unhealthy vapors. A case of a town built in such a spot was Old Salpia in Apulia ... Year after year there was sickness, until finally the suffering inhabitants came with a public petition to Marcus Hostilius and got him to agree to seek and find them a proper place to which to remove their city.” YearsSufferingCitiesCasesBuiltRiversTownsAgreeHeavySpotsSicknessRemoveOutletsUnhealthyStagnantPetitionsVaporMarshes Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“I certainly don't agree with the bodybuilders who say you can get big forearms just by squeezing the dumbbell handles when doing curls. In a few cases this may be true, but those guys would build big forearms by merely eating eggs in the morning. Most bodybuilders, myself included, have to work very hard for any kind of meaningful forearm development.” KindMayHardBigsGuyMorningCasesDevelopmentEatingAgreeMeaningfulHandleBeing TrueEggsCurlsSqueezingBodybuilderDumbbells Author:Lou Ferrigno
“Statistics is, or should be, about scientific investigation and how to do it better, but many statisticians believe it is a branch of mathematics. Now I agree that the physicist, the chemist, the engineer, and the statistician can never know too much mathematics, but their objectives should be better physics, better chemistry, better engineering, and in the case of statistics, better scientific investigation. Whether in any given study this implies more or less mathematics is incidental.” KnowsShouldBelieveGivenCasesStudyToo MuchMathematicsAgreePhysicsObjectivesBranchesStatisticsChemistryEngineeringEngineersInvestigationPhysicistChemistStatistician Author:George E. P. Box
“I like that there are so many different ways of looking at the world and I like all of the particular narratives. In any case we will never all see the same way on these [religious] issues. It's the way liberals and conservatives will never see the same way on individuals whereas it’s different orientations and they go too deep down and when we're dealing with questions that can't be definitively answered by science that's where you're sort of... your orientation swells in to fill up the gaps and so we're never always going to agree.” WorldWayDifferentIndividualReligiousCasesIssuesParticularAgreeNarrativeDifferent WaysGapsOrientation Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“What I intend to do is uphold a standard of intellectual seriousness on the right. [These books] should be written in a way that they are serious, soberly argued, well researched, and make a respectable case-agree or disagree.” WayShouldWellsBookCasesWrittenSeriousIntellectualStandardsAgreeDisagreeSeriousnessRespectable Author:Adam Bellow
“Some in the West apparently believe that Poland no longer has its own interests, and that it is all too willing to agree with the opinions of others. This is absolutely not the case. Indeed, other countries in Europe uphold their own interests with great determination.” BelieveCountryInterestOpinionCasesWillingEuropeDeterminationAgreeWestOther CountriesPolandGreat Determination Author:Lech Kaczynski
“I agree with Marco [Rubio] that we can't afford another four years like the last eight years that we've had under [Barack] Obama, for sure. That we concur on. I think we need someone with proven executive leadership to be able to make that case to the American people.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsAbleLastsCasesFourAgreeEightBarackExecutivesFour YearsProvenMarcosConcur Author:Jeb Bush
“In this case, Jane and Maura don't always agree on how to go about solving something. They both are very different in their approach and, a lot of times, that can lead to potential conflict, and then a debate in figuring out who and what is the right way to do it.” WayDifferentCasesConflictApproachAgreeDebateRight WayJane Author:Sasha Alexander
“I do agree with Stich that a quick move from our evolutionary origins to the reliability of our cognitive mechanisms is not legitimate. As I see it, the case for the reliability or unreliability of various cognitive mechanisms lies elsewhere.” MovingLyingCasesAgreeVariousMechanismElsewhereCognitiveReliabilityUnreliability Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power. And, boy, was I glad I did because I was able to get across this idea that, yes, this is a narrower ground on which you can affirm it. And I think everybody agrees. I think even the dissenting justices ultimately in the case agreed that, if Congress had expressly called it a tax, it would be indisputably constitutional.” IfsThinkingWantSaidIdeasWould BeRunningAbleJusticeBoysCasesMinutesTaxesAgreeCongressGlad Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“I agree with... actually it was [Joseph] Stalin who said that [Winston Churchill] he was a man who changed the history of the world and I think, if he had not been there in 1940, it might very well have been the case that we would have collapsed like France, and I shall honor him always for that.” IfsThinkingMenWorldWellsHas BeensSaidMightCasesChangedHonorAgreeFranceWorld History Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“I think people who agree with Donald Trump have repeatedly made the case that he should be able to say whatever he wants to say, it's time someone did that. But as we go and speak to the kids, the young people who are reading March, we see the fear, we hear them tell us how scared they are.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldMadeKidsAbleYoungReadingSpeakCasesTrumpAgreeScaredMarch Author:Andrew Aydin
“I agree with Bill [Burton]. I agree with the pastor. I don't think Donald Trump has to be out there making the case against Hillary Clinton. I think people have known her 24 years. How you feel about her, you feel about her.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsPastKnownCasesTrumpAgreeBillsClintonPastorHow You Feel Author:John Brabender
“I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures on our balance sheet as calculated are wrong. But it's the standard way of doing it. It's holy writ. The SEC wants us to do it that way, and we'll do it that way, and I'll explain why I think it's wrong and shareholders can read it and see whether they agree with my logic or don't.” ThinkingWayWantYearsNextCasesWrittenFiguresBalanceHolyStandardsLogicAgreeReportsSheetsSectionsWant UExplainingNext YearAnnualsShareholdersBalance SheetsAnnual Reports Author:Warren Buffett
“George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States broke out in December 1941. And until then he was writing pretty supportive statements back stressing that we shouldn't be so hard on the Nazis if they were doing something we didn't agree with - basically repeating the idea that they were people we could do business with.” PeopleIfsWritingIdeasWarHardStatesUnitedCasesUnited StatesStressAgreeExtremesStatementsBrokeGermanyNaziSupportiveBerlinDecember Author:Noam Chomsky
“Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.” PeopleThinkingWantHandsKidsCasesWorstSafeAgreeSorryScenariosBeing A KidWorst Case Scenario Author:Raheem Jarbo
“On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but I do think she does know about public schools.” ThinkingKnowsKindDoeSchoolCasesCrazyPositionGunAgreePublic School Author:David Brooks
“Very often in free speech cases you find yourself defending material that you personally detest, because of course it's no trick to defend the free speech of people you either agree with or who don't particularly upset you. It's when people really upset you that you discover if you believe in free speech or not.” PeopleIfsBelieveCoursesCasesMaterialsSpeechAgreeTricksUpsetFinding YourselfFree SpeechIf You BelieveDetest Author:Salman Rushdie
“People love the idea of a good girl gone bad, thinking that my parents were so strict and disowned me, but that actually wasn't the case. Even though they don't necessarily agree with some of the things I do, they love me as their daughter. That's always been their perspective.” PeopleThinkingIdeasMotherGirlParentCasesGonePerspectiveDaughterAgreeStrictGood Girl Author:Katy Perry
“President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?” PeopleIfsMenShouldSaidGovernmentAsksPresidentCasesInvolvedAgreeInstitutionsSacredUnionsOne ManPresident BushReservedMarryingOne Woman Author:Tony Campolo
“This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is exactly what has been the case for years now. We pay a price when our political system cannot come together and agree on the difficult but necessary steps to rein in entitlement spending or reform our tax system.” YearsHas BeensCountryTogetherPoliticalDifficultPayStepsCasesEconomyFailingCitizensTaxesStandardsAgreeSpendingReformRisingEntitlementPolitical SystemsReinsTax System Author:Chris Christie
“The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge of his work. It never says "yes" to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says "Maybe," and in the great majority of cases simply "No." If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter "Maybe," and if it does not agree it means "No." Probably every theory will some day experience its "No" - most theories, soon after conception.” IfsMeanDoeCasesJudgingTheoryAgreeMajorityExperimentsMemorableLatterFriendlyWorking ItConceptionEnviedTheorists Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century
“My case clearly demonstrates the need for comprehensive whistleblower protection act reform. If we had had a real process in place, and reports of wrongdoing could be taken to real, independent arbiters rather than captured officials, I might not have had to sacrifice so much to do what at this point even the President seems to agree needed to be done.” IfsNeedsRealDoneSeemsMightProcessPresidentCasesTakenSacrificeNeededIndependentAgreeProtectionReformOfficialsReportsComprehensiveCapturedWrongdoingArbiterWhistleblowers Author:Edward Snowden
“As for the various religions, there's no doubt that they are very meaningful to adherents, and allow them to delude themselves into thinking there is some meaning to their lives beyond what we agree is the case. I'd never try to talk them out of the delusions, which are necessary for them to live a life that makes some sense to them. These beliefs can provide a framework for deeds that are noble or savage, and anywhere in between, and there's every reason to focus attention on the deeds and the background for them, to the extent that we can grasp it.” ThinkingTryingReasonBeliefAttentionCasesDoubtFocusAgreeVariousDeedsNobleMeaningfulBackgroundsNo DoubtDelusionSavagesFrameworkVery MeanVery Meaningful Author:Noam Chomsky
“There are time when friends have said they hooked up with someone and all it means is that they had a highly anticipated kissing session. Other times it's a full-on all-night sex-a-thon. Can't we have a universal understanding of the term, once and for all? From now on, let's all agree that hooking up = sex. Everything else is 'made out.' And if you're older than twenty-eight, then just kissing someone doesn't count for crap and is not even worth mentioning. Unless you're Mormon, in which case you're going to hell.” IfsMeanMadeSaidNightSexUnderstandingTermCasesHellKissingUniversalTwentiesAgreeEightCrapSessionAll NightHookedKissing SomeoneThon Author:Mindy Kaling