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“I don't want to involve myself in the various arguments about why Israel was created . . . . . I want to deal with the situation at hand which is the ongoing killing on both sides. . . . . . . It's true that there's also much oppression of Palestinians in Arab countries, where Palestinians aren't allowed to vote or own property and are treated as second class citizens and pawns in the fight against Israel. But I'm not going to spend my time on this since there is isn't a whole lot I can do about it.”

“Major Greene this evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the argument he advanced was, "that a mere creature or finite being could not make satisfaction to infinite justice for any crimes," and that "these things are very mysterious." Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”

Source: Diary and Autobiography of John Adams: Diary, 1755-1770

“A powerful portfolio of physiological and behavioural evidence now exists to support the case that fish feel pain and that this feeling matters. In the face of such evidence, any argument to the contrary based on the claim that fish 'do not have the right sort of brain' can no longer be called scientific. It is just obstinate.”

Feels Matter Feelings Pain Faces Powerful Brain Cases Support Evidence Argument Claims Fishes Contrary Portfolios Obstinate Physiological

Book:Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden

Source: Animal Welfare: Limping Towards Eden

“Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that”

Heart Sometimes Reason Faith Universe My Heart Argument Comparison Globes Assured Vastness Insignificance Philosophic

Book:The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel Webster

Source: The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel Webster

“Bob Geldof feels the big picture all the time, even in the smallest argument when someone's saying, 'Well, no, you've got to have three staples in the program, not just two,' Bob feels people dying somewhere.”

People Feels Wells Two Bigs Three Compassion Dying Program Argument Bob Smallest Big Picture Staples People Dying

Author:Richard Curtis

“Pharisaism became Talmudism...But the spirit of the Ancient Pharisee survives unaltered. When the Jew...studies the Talmud, he is actually repeating the arguments used in the Palestinian academies. From Palestine to Babylonia; from Babylonia to North Africa, Italy, Spain, France and Germany; from these to Poland, Russia and eastern Europe generally, ancient Pharisaism has wandered.”

Used Spirit Study Europe Argument Ancient Jew Russia France Germany Palestinian Eastern Palestine Spain Academy Poland Eastern Europe Pharisees North Africa Pharisaism

Author:Louis Finkelstein

“When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.”

Mind Said Matter Argument No Matter What Bishops Berkeley

Author:Lord Byron

“I suppose I was very disappointed that I was injured during training for Korea. In fact, I had an argument with a grenade and it won, and consequently I was forced to come back to Australia for twelve months.”

Facts Months Training Argument Australia Disappointed Twelve Korea Injured Grenade

Author:Peter Scott

“The argument of danger only applies to those who live in relative safety.”

Danger Argument Safety Relative

Book:The Collected Edition: The power and the glory

Source: The Collected Edition: The power and the glory

“An argument can be logically valid, but unsound in that it contains a false premise and, therefore, leads to a false conclusion (e.g., Scientists are smart; smart people do not make mistakes; therefore, scientists do not make mistakes).”

People Mistake Smart Argument Logic Scientist Conclusion Making Mistakes Premises Smart People

Book:The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

Source: The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

“The difference between science and religion is the difference between a willingness to dispassionately consider new evidence and new arguments , and a passionate unwillingness to do so.”

Differences Evidence Argument Passionate Willingness Science And Religion

Author:Sam Harris

“Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of scientists abstaining from making value judgments; rather, scientific validity is the result of scientists making their best efforts to value principles of reasoning that link their beliefs to reality, through reliable chains of evidence and argument.”

Long Reality Values Belief Results Effort Judgment Evidence Argument Scientist Contrary Despite Chains Reasoning Links Objectivity Validity Best Effort Abstaining

Author:Sam Harris

“There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was always a vote. It was always two out of three.”

Years Two Together Three Conflict Argument Vote

Author:David Zucker

“There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, from Genesis to Revelations. In most countries of Europe it is punished by fire at the stake, or the rack, or the wheel... Now, what free inquiry, when a writer must surely encounter the risk of fine or imprisonment for adducing any argument for investigating the divine authority of those books?”

Source: Ye Will Say I Am No Christian

“I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.”

“I think that there is a strong argument that our [USA's] leadership, our strength, our influence begins with having an economy that is producing good jobs with rising incomes, and I see the connection there.”

Thinking Jobs Strong Economy Influence Argument Connections Income Usa Rising Good Job

Author:Hillary Clinton

“There's one argument that says we shouldn't be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you've got to take it case by case.”

Thinking Kids Age Cases Argument

Author:Simon Cowell

“There have been times that we've had arguments with Brad [Dourif] because he comes in with very strong ideas and, as in any working relationship, sometimes you're going to disagree, and he always goes to the mat and I've just always appreciated that attitude, that he takes it so seriously.”

Has Beens Ideas Sometimes Strong Attitude Argument Disagree Very Strong Appreciated Brad

Author:David Kirschner

“I'm much more concerned about what artists think. But as you get older you tend to get much more isolated; you're not out in the bar, having long drunken arguments on the benefits of your work vs. someone else's. It's hard to know how people are looking at it, and you don't get much feedback. The written critical stuff seems to be the feedback, but that's hard to interpret.”

People Thinking Knows Long Hard Seems Artist Stuff Know How Written Benefits Concerned Argument Critical Bars Isolated Feedback

Author:Brice Marden

“I understand that Republicans-running-against-Obamacare-in-order-to-save-Medicare is a clever jujitsu. But how long will they play out that argument before they get back to the economy?”

Long Play Running Order Economy Republican Argument Clever Get Back Obamacare Medicare

Author:Jennifer Granholm

“There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. I don't mean to imply that they're all in that category at all. There are also those who are also not motivated by ideological resistance for any role of government. But I don't know of any arguments or any presenters of arguments that overturn the consensus that I think have gained any legitimacy.”

Thinking Knows Mean Government Views Roles Source Argument Income Resistance Motivated Categories Carbon Consensus Ideological Skeptic Legitimacy Presenter Role Of Government

Author:Al Gore

“Lawyers serve a purpose, and we couldn't operate as society without them. They can make things more complicated and difficult, but there are certain times where the need for them is crucial to an argument or an event or an issue.”

Needs Purpose Certain Difficult Issues Events Argument Complicated Lawyer Crucial

Author:Gabriel Macht

“China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe. We need to really understand that their destiny and our destiny, Africa's destiny, etc., are all completely tied in. The argument for getting to know your neighbors is very compelling.”

Knows Needs Important America Destiny Mankind Europe Argument Intelligent China Neighbor Discussion Britain Etc Tied Compelling Our Destiny Future Of Mankind

Author:Jamie Hewlett

“There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.”

People Kind Stupid Argument All Kinds Lazy Annoying Stupid People

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."”

World I Can Speak Christ Argument Loud Sanctity

Book:Handbook of Catholic Apologetics: Reasoned Answers to Questions of Faith

Source: Handbook of Catholic Apologetics: Reasoned Answers to Questions of Faith

“Ultimately, however, conflict lies not in objective reality, but in people's heads. Truth is simple one argument - perhaps a good one, perhaps not - for dealing with the difference. The difference itself exists because it exists in their thinking.”

People Thinking Reality Lying Differences Simple Truth Is Conflict Argument Objectives Objective Reality

Author:Martin Luther

“How can arguments based on fact prevail in a nation where so many people know so little?”

People Knows Littles Facts Nations Argument

Author:Michelle Goldberg

“Evolution as described by Charles Darwin is an scientific theory, abundantly reconfirmed, explaining physical phenomena by physical causes. Intelligent Design is a faith-based initiative in rhetorical argument. Should we teach I.D. in America's public schools? Yes, let's do - not as science, but alongside other spiritual beliefs, such as Islam, Zoroastrianism and the Hindu Idea that Earth rests on Chukwa, the giant turtle.”

“Passion does not make careful arguments: it declares itself, and that is enough.”

Doe Enough Passion Argument Careful

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, put the other person's side of the case at least as well as they could. One has to be able to say that in any well-conducted argument.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Persons I Can Able Political Sides Cases Argument Reasonable Boast Accuracy Political Arguments

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.”

Air Argument Discussion Remove Secular Taboo

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“In an argument, you may silence your opponent by pressing an advantage of strength or of wealth, or of education. But you do not really convince him. Though he is no longer saying anything, in his heart he still keeps to his opinion, the only way to make him change that opinion is to speak quietly and reasonably. When he understands that you are not trying to defeat him, but only to find the truth, he will listen to you and perhaps accept what you tell him.”

Way Trying Heart May Stills Speak Wealth Silence Accepting Opinion Advantage Argument Defeat Opponents Convince

Author:Kano Jigoro

“Without argument the species would parish.”

Argument Species Parish

Author:Gerry Spence

“The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument.”

Art Ends Argument Arguing Art Of Living

Author:Gerry Spence

“Successful argument is a communication between the acknowledged authority of both parties to the argument.”

Party Successful Communication Authority Argument

Author:Gerry Spence

“We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves.”

Successful Source Argument

Author:Gerry Spence

“Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.”

Heart Might Wish Christianity Prove Argument Being True Infidelity Prove It

Author:Charles Simmons

“You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.”

Ifs Humans Doe Character Use Evil Social Argument Experiments Useless Settling Distinction Civilized Expenses Behaviour Justified Human Knowledge Vivisection Social Evils

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfections.”

Ifs Universe Divine Evidence Argument Imperfection Atoms Venture Celestial Divine Power

Author:Lucretius

“...genuine trust implies the opportunity, of checking wherever it may be wanted... That is why it is the evidence, the experience itself and the argument that gives it Order, that we need to share with one another, and not just the unsupported final Claim.”

Needs Giving May Wanted Order Opportunity Share Evidence Argument Claims Finals Genuine

Author:Philip Morrison

“That's always been in my mind my metaphor for a team working really hard on something they're passionate about. It's that through the team, through that group of incredibly talented people bumping up against each other, having arguments, having fights sometimes, making some noise, and working together they polish each other and they polish the ideas, and what comes out are these really beautiful stones.”

People Mind Ideas Sometimes Hard Together Beautiful Fighting Groups Team Argument Stones Metaphor Passionate Noise Working Together Polish Really Beautiful Team Working Working Really Hard

Author:Steve Jobs

“He who takes nature for his guide, is not easily beaten out of his argument”

Argument Guides Beaten

Book:Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion

Source: Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion

“Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.”

Laughter Argument

Author:Desiderius Erasmus

“Wikipedia is forcing people to accept the stone-cold bummer that knowledge is produced and constructed by argument rather than by divine inspiration.”

People Inspiration Accepting Divine Cold Argument Stones Wikipedia Divine Inspiration Bummer Stone Cold

Author:Clay Shirky

“It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the form of cogent arguments. Programs source code is just the accompanying material to which these arguments are to be applied to.”

Thinking Form Mistake Produce Materials Source Solutions Program Argument Code Programmers Trustworthy

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“Congratulations to Obama! He's now increased the debt more in three years than George W. Bush did his entire eight year presidency. But all that spending was worth it because just look at the great results! So what exactly is the argument that Obama isn't a hugely incompetent failure? So far it's 'Look! Over there! A war on women!'”

Years Looks War Three Results Argument Eight Debt Spending Three Years Worth It Presidency Congratulations Incompetent Great Results Exactly Is

Author:Frank J. Fleming

“You can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. They lived in the present. It is their present, not our present, and they don't know how it's going to come out. They weren't just like we are because they lived in that very different time. You can't understand them if you don't understand how they perceived reality.”

Ifs Knows Different Reality Past Know How Argument Different Times Perceived Reality

Author:David McCullough

“The elites hate to acknowledge it, but when large numbers of ordinary people are moved to action, it changes the narrow political world where the elites call the shots. Inside accounts reveal the extent to which Johnson and Nixon's conduct of the Vietnam War was constrained by the huge anti-war movement. It was the civil rights movement, not compelling arguments, that convinced members of Congress to end legal racial discrimination.”

People World War Action Political Hate Argument Moved Discrimination Civil Rights Acknowledge Ordinary People Vietnam War Civil Rights Movement Racial Discrimination

Author:Dean Baker

“When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your worst clothes, and the worse the better; for an author, like a limbeck, will yield the better for having a rag about him: besides that, I have observed a gardener cut the outward rind of a tree (which is the surtout of it) to make it bear well; and this is a natural account of the usual poverty of poets, and is an argument why wits, of all men living, ought to be ill clad.”

Source: The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical

“A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.”

Knows Littles Persons Has Beens Answers Walks Opinion Progress Possibility Argument Rational Certainty Discussion Unlikely

Book:I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic

Source: I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic

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