“I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago.” PeopleKnowsHumansMayLongCausesIssuesWillingConsequenceClaimsAssumingClimateClimate ChangeAcknowledgeGlobal WarmingAbandonedLong AgoBehaviourCoveragePretenceImpartiality Author:Jeremy Paxman
“To the people that claim to hate Love: Remember that the thing that hurt you was a person, not love. If it had been love, they would not have hurt you. Beware that many things masquerade as love: obsession, jealousy, control, and loneliness are just a few. Love is the greatest thing on Earth, along with her sister, Hope.” PeopleIfsLovePersonsEarthRememberHateHurtLove IsLonelinessClaimsObsessionLove HateMasquerade Author:Carlos Salinas
“In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose of life, we would feel compelled to commit suicide. If, however, we accept that life has no purpose we would be inclined to soldier on in a cussed, stoical manner like Sisyphus, endlessly pushing his rock up a hill only to see it roll down again.” PeopleIfsLifeFeelsImportantWould BeDeathPurposeFictionAcceptingRocksClaimsSuicideSoldierMythCommitHillsInsanityLife And DeathPushingPurpose Of LifeCompelledNon FictionSisyphusMyth Of Sisyphus Author:Philip French
“There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase - the pursuit of happiness - is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.” PeopleWorldStillsHappinessIndividualNationsModernClaimsResponsibleMiseryRidiculousPursuitPhrasesModern WorldPursuit Of Happiness Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“If it be asked, Why does God not bestow the same or equal blessing upon all people? we can only answer, that has not been fully revealed. We see that in actual life He does not treat all alike. For wise reasons known only to Himself He has given to some blessings to which they had no claim…and has withheld from others gifts which He was under no obligation to bestow.” PeopleIfsDoeReasonGivenAnswersKnownWiseBlessingEqualTreatsClaimsObligationActual Life Author:Loraine Boettner
“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
“We need an extreme movement because what is happening to animals is so extreme. Some misinformed people claim that animal rights activists are terrorists, but these people are simply ignorant of who the real terrorists are - the companies and industries that torture literally billions of animals each year.” PeopleNeedsYearsRealAnimalCompanyRightsMovementIndustryHappeningsClaimsExtremesBillionsTerroristIgnorantTortureActivistAnimal RightsAnimal Rights Activists Author:River Phoenix
“Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.” PeopleTurnsLinesResponsibilityCrossesEternityClaimsPhilosophicalDepthDiscussionRealmsMortalityInfinityMysticalTruck Author:David Gilmour
“We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.” PeopleKnowsWorldCountryGovernmentBlackWhiteAuthorityClaimsSouthOur CountryBlack And WhiteSouth Africa Book:The struggle is my life Source: The struggle is my life