“The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so much better; I'm not sure we are. I tell people, We've beaten into submission every animal on the face of the Earth, so we are the clear winners of whatever battle is going on between the species. Couldn't we be generous? I really do think it's time to get nice. No need to keep beating up on them. I think we've got to show that we're kind.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsShouldKindShowsEarthFacesAnimalClearNiceBattleArgumentSpeciesMedicalWinnerGenerousNot SureVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsBeatenSubmissionTestingVivisectionAnimal Testing Author:Paul McCartney
“All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not to say fiction can't be thoughtful, or present some interesting or provocative ideas to make us think. But if you want to present an intellectual argument, nonfiction is a better tool. You can drive a nail with a shoe but a hammer is a better tool for that. But fiction is about emotional resonance, about making us feel things on a primal and visceral level.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsWritingIdeasInterestingLevelsEmotionFictionSuccessfulEmotionalIntellectualArgumentToolsShoesAppealsThoughtfulNonfictionNailsHammersPrimalProvocativeResonanceVisceralSome Interesting Author:George R. R. Martin
“We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are many crimes which are the creation of man himself, the wrongfulness of which is put down to their divergence from habit, custom, or tradition. But cruelty is not of these. It is a fundamental sin, and admits of no argument or nice distinctions. If only we do not allow our heart to grow callous, its protest against cruelty is always clearly heard; and yet we go on perpetrating cruelties easily, merrily, all of us - in fact, anyone who does not join in is dubbed a crank.” IfsThinkingHeartDoeFactsGrowsSinNiceHeardGoes OnArgumentFundamentalsFleshKarmaCrueltyManageDistinctionProtestVegetarianVeganVegetarianismCrankCallousVegetarian Diet Author:Rabindranath Tagore
“I shall not convert you at the end of my argument. I think the argument is sound. I hold that belief in God is not merely as reasonable as other belief, or even a little or infinitely more probably true than other belief; I hold rather that unless you believe in God you can logically believe in nothing else.” ThinkingBelieveLittlesEndsBeliefSoundArgumentReasonableBelieve In GodBelief In God Author:Cornelius Van Til
“Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, Who do you think you are?” ThinkingPersonsArgumentSchizophrenic Author:Ray Combs
“And my daughter said, 'Why are you yelling at us?' and I said, 'I'm trying to discipline you!' And then she looked up at me with her tear-stained eyes and said, 'This is how you teach children, by making them cry.' And it was such a clenching reminder - she won not only the argument, but she won life with that statement. I just burst out laughing, and I think they were so surprised that I burst out laughing, that they did too.” ThinkingTryingChildrenSaidEyeTeachLaughingCryTearsDisciplineDaughterArgumentStatementsMy DaughterRemindersYelling Author:Stephen Colbert
“The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMatterRememberFormNumbersSupportJudgmentArgumentClaimsArguingDiscussionWhat MattersListeners Author:Kim Stanley
“Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as an option. When you can't think of a good rebuttal for your opponent's argument, you can always punch them in the face.” PeopleThinkingIdeasRunningFacesSimpleViolenceArgumentDirectAvailableAttractiveOpponentsGood IdeasRebuttal Author:James S.A. Corey
“They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.” ThinkingUseInterestViolenceTypeArgumentBritainIreland Author:John Hume
“If my choice is to, I don’t know, be with a lot of men, or if I enjoy a really physical relationship, I don’t think that’s necessarily being anti-feminist. For me the argument of feminism never really should have come into the picture. Because I don’t know too much about the history of feminism, and so I’m not really a relevant person to bring into the conversation. Everything I was writing was so autobiographical, it could really only be a personal analysis.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenShouldWritingPersonsChoicesEnjoyToo MuchFeminismConversationArgumentShould HaveFeministAnalysisRelevantAnti Feminist Author:Lana Del Rey
“I guess when I think about it, one of the things I like to dramatise, and what is sometimes funny, is someone coming unglued. I don't consider myself someone who is making the argument that I support these choices. I just think it can be funny.” ThinkingSometimesChoicesSupportArgument Author:Wes Anderson
“While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture.” ThinkingYearsCharacterChristianPoliticalCultureNationsReligiousFiveMovementYears AgoArgumentGood ThingsFive YearsReligious FaithPolitical CultureChristian Character Author:Jon Meacham
“I think that in any argument about right or wrong in football, a reference to Don Revie's Leeds United is the nuclear option. There is, quite simply, nowhere to go after that. There has never been a more horrible football team. The Leeds of the Seventies were found guilty, week in, week out, of crimes against humanity.” ThinkingHumanityFoundUnitedWeekTeamCrimeFootballArgumentNuclearHorribleGuiltySoccerAnalysisSeventiesFootball TeamCrimes Against HumanityNowhere To GoLeeds Author:Giles Smith