“It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.” HardSoundSidesEvidenceArguingCynicismSmarterOptimistCynic Author:Molly Ivins
“Yes, the natural sciences are telling us a great deal about human origins, the origins of our species the origins of our minds; we're on our way to explaining a large part of it. I'll accept an answer provided only by such means as obtaining and exploring, analyzing and arguing over the evidence - not because of a scribe's myopic view of the subject written 500 years before the birth of Christ!” WayYearsMindHumansMeanChristNaturalAnswersViewsDealsAcceptingWrittenAtheismSubjectsBirthEvidenceSpeciesPositive AtheismArguingExploringExplainingAnalyzingObtainingNatural ScienceMyopicScribes Author:E. O. Wilson
“There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that grazing leads to a kind of tolerance. People who incorporate teachings from a lot of different traditions into their own belief systems are going to be more tolerant than people who confine themselves within the strict boundaries of one particular religion. Does it contribute to our confusion? I don't know if it contributes to confusion so much as it is evidence of a certain kind of silliness and shallowness.” PeopleKindDifferentSpiritualityBeliefTeachingEvidenceTraditionArguingToleranceBoundariesConfusionPerformingSillinessShallowness Author:Wendy Kaminer
“I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.” ShowsBigsGovernmentEvidenceArguingObjectivesAfrican AmericanBig Government Author:Rand Paul
“Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.” HumansLittlesRealEvidenceArguingGlobal Warming Author:David Suzuki
“But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn't you argue the other side?" He said, "That's true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?” YearsMindSaidSometimesSidesLordIssuesEvidenceYears AgoArguing Author:John Maynard Keynes