“The argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that we none of us know all truth, that the discovery of new truth is promoted by free discussion and rendered very difficult by suppression.” KnowsMayDoeTruthDifficultOpinionDependsTruth IsDiscoveryArgumentExcuseDiscussionPersecutionSuppression Book:Religion and Science Source: Religion and Science
“The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isnt really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it.” WantDifficultCan DoQualityInternetLowsArgumentCompetent Author:Barry Eisler
“I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which really makes the readers answer for themselves; that the work of art far more than an essay or a tract involves the reader, challenges him directly and brings him into the argument.” WayBelieveArtAsksLanguageI BelieveDifficultChallengesAnswersSeriousReaderArgumentMetaphorWorks Of ArtEssaysDifficult Questions Author:George Steiner
“Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion.” WayWellsIdeasWarMatterDoneEvilDifficultReligiousTheoryArgumentKillingIrelandRelativityNorthern IrelandTheories Of Relativity Author:Quentin Crisp
“It's very difficult for you to speak out against your child, someone that's in your family. You can have an argument with them, but you can't condemn them. You can't cast them out, because God has not done that to us. We cannot do that to anybody else.” ChildrenDoneSpeakDifficultArgumentOur ChildrenCastsOur FamilyYour ChildrenSpeaks Out Author:Otis Moss III
“It's very difficult to get any movies done about Black heroes - Haitian or American - in Hollywood. The argument in Hollywood is that there is no market for those movies, and that is not true.” DoneDifficultBlackHeroArgumentHollywoodHaitian Author:Jimmy Jean-Louis
“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.” NeedsPurposeCertainDifficultIssuesEventsArgumentComplicatedLawyerCrucial Author:Gabriel Macht
“My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.” MenSaidDifferentUsedJoyDifficultDealsEmotionBrainBrotherArgumentLogicMysteriousMy BrotherRemoveArticles Author:Nathan Fillion
“Much of economics isn't difficult, or rather, the difficulty is in cooking up arguments to "prove" that commonsense conclusions are wrong. The fact is that many commonsense conclusions are quite correct, and it takes a lot of education to get you to believe different.” BelieveDifferentFactsDifficultProveEconomicsArgumentDifficultyCookingConclusion Author:Jerry Pournelle
“Afghanistan would have been difficult enough without Iraq. Iraq made it impossible. The argument that had we just focused on Afghanistan we'd now be okay is persuasive, but it omits the fact that we weren't supposed to get involved in nation-building in Afghanistan.” Has BeensMadeEnoughFactsNationsDifficultImpossibleBuildingInvolvedArgumentOkayIraqFocusedMade ItAfghanistanGet InvolvedPersuasiveNation Building Author:Michael Hastings
“The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.” ShouldChoicesDifficultInvolvedArgumentHumanitarianGet InvolvedSelective Author:Michael Hastings
“I met Cory Bernardi in Holland. I believe it might be more difficult for him to meet me now. I think he doesn't intend to do that. I understand that this is politics. The friend from yesterday can have an argument not to see you tomorrow. It's sad but true.” ThinkingBelieveMightI BelieveDifficultTomorrowMetsArgumentYesterdaySad But TrueHolland Author:Geert Wilders
“It is much more difficult to get implemented politically what might be desirable economically. Even if you came out with an economic argument in favor of equalization - and I think there are arguments on both sides - I would still come down in favour of some sort of a scheme on strict economic grounds.” IfsThinkingStillsMightDifficultSidesEconomicArgumentFavorsSchemesStrictBoth SidesDesirableFavour Author:James M. Buchanan
“There are some very difficult things to understand that globalization is providing, that people really think are just here but really are a function of some of that. There are some very difficult arguments.” PeopleThinkingDifficultArgumentFunctionProvidingGlobalizationDifficult Things Author:Ken Moelis
“It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story or a justification to tell you, which I never considered valid because there is not an excuse for violence.” StoriesFatherDifficultViolenceArgumentExcuseJustification Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“Afghanistan would have been difficult enough without Iraq. Iraq made it impossible. The argument that had we just focused on Afghanistan we'd now be okay is persuasive, but it omits the fact that we weren't supposed to get involved in nation-building in Afghanistan.In my new book, I open with a quote from Donald Rumsfeld. In October 2001, he said of Afghanistan: "It's not a quagmire." Ten years later there are 150,000 Western troops there.” BookEnoughDifficultImpossibleArgumentOkayWesternFocusedAfghanistanGet InvolvedOctoberPersuasiveQuagmire Author:Michael Hastings
“The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't. The minute you start arming people in these conflict zones, like Iraq and Afghanistan, things don't go as expected.” PeopleChoicesDifficultConflictArgumentHumanitarianZoneAfghanistanGet Involved Author:Michael Hastings
“The argument that it is difficult to find women is complete BS. Any bank will tell you that the No. 1 employee they lose the most money on is the mid-tier female they bring on when they are 22 who leaves in her mid to late 30s. These are women they spend a ton of money training, and a ton of money attracting and hiring. And then they lose them. And they lose them for many reasons. They're going to other sectors, other industries. So for us in the financial-services world to say we can't find women is ridiculous. They are out there. We've done it here at Anthemis.” WorldReasonDoneDifficultTrainingFemaleArgumentRidiculousEmployeeHiring Author:Amy Nauiokas
“I like it when people are opinionated. I like an opinion. I like people that will fight for their opinion 'til an argument and through an argument. When they believe in something, they fight for it. I like those people that are perhaps sometimes too full of life - perhaps it's very difficult to be around them; they're not easy going. But I like being around people like that.” PeopleBelieveSometimesFightingEasyDifficultOpinionArgumentEasy Going Author:Tom Odell
“The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.” KnowsDifficultOpinionArgumentArguing Author:Andre Maurois
“I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was 'Plain, Honest Men' by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same way. I kept getting in arguments about evolution and being bested. So I read Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species,' a fantastic book that is not that difficult.” MenWayBookDifficultFiveHonestEvolutionArgumentConstitutionSpeciesMy FavoriteFantasticHonest Man Author:Denis O'Hare
“The infant-inconvenience kicked in response, and Conall twitched at the sensation. “Active little pup, isn’t he?” “She,” corrected his wife. “As if any child of mine would dare be a boy.” It was a long-standing argument. “Boy,” replied Conall. “Any child as difficult as this one has been from the start must, perforce, be male.” Alexia snorted. “As if my daughter would be calm and biddable.” Conall grinned, catching one of her hands and bringing it in for a kiss, all prickly whiskers and soft lips. “Very good point, wife. Very good point.” IfsChildrenLittlesLongHas BeensHandsWould BeDifficultBoysWifeMinesKissingDaughterArgumentStandingResponseMalesVery GoodCalmLipsDareActiveMy DaughterSensationsInfantCatchingInconvenienceWhiskersPups Author:Gail Carriger
“Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our ability to implement it. It's quite clear that if we could run our models at a higher resolution we could do a much better job-tomorrow-in terms of our seasonal and decadal predictions. It's so frustrating. We keep saying we need four times the computing power. We're talking just 10 or 20 million a year-dollars or pounds-which is tiny compared to the damage done by disasters. Yet it's a difficult argument to win.” IfsNeedsYearsWellsDoneRunningJobsWinningEnergyDifficultTermAbilityTalkingMillionsClearEnvironmentFourHigherTomorrowModelsArgumentDollarsClimate ChangeAccessTinyDisasterDamagePoundsResolutionPredictionsFrustratingFundingBetter JobsComputingSupercomputers Author:Julia Slingo