“I love that 'Much Ado About Nothing,' passionate, smart fighting. I love fighting with guys, and that's something that I don't get to see: arguing at a high level with a member of the opposite sex. That didn't really happen that much on 'The Office.' I just like that 'Moonlighting,' Benedick-Beatrice type of thing.” HappensGuyFightingSexLevelsTypeMembersOfficeSmartOppositesPassionateArguingHigh LevelBenedick Author:Mindy Kaling
“We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing by syllogism: not that we should practice both, for it is not right to persuade to what is bad; but in order that the bearing of the case may not escape us, and that when another makes an unfair use of these reasonings, we may be able to solve them.” ShouldMayUseAbleOrderSidesPracticeCasesOughtOppositesSolveArguingReasoningUnfair Author:Aristotle
“What I would argue is that real spirituality is the ability to keep encountering two opposite thoughts at the same time and still maintain some kind of morality and perspective in the world. It is not the elimination of one side of the equation or the elimination of what you don't like; it is the investigation of everything.” WorldKindStillsTwoRealSpiritualitySidesAbilityPerspectiveMoralityOppositesArguingInvestigationEquationsEliminationTwo Opposites Author:Eve Ensler
“To argue that we need some technology in order to produce food to tackle hunger is completely blind to the facts on the ground. Actually, what we need is the exact opposite of what GMOs give us. We have to empower farmers to grow food for themselves and plant and grow their own seeds and use practices to deal with weeds and the need for fertility, not from purchased products like a seed or a chemical, but from their own farms, from their own knowledge and skill sets.” NeedsGivingFactsUseOrderGrowsDealsPracticeTechnologyProduceProductsSkillsOppositesBlindPlantHungerSeedsArguingEmpoweringWeedFarmsChemicalsFarmersFertilityGmos Author:Anna Lappe
“If the economists are arguing as to whether we need to cut or stimulate, because they're completely opposite policies, and they can't work it out then I would say let us work it out for you. Let's look at the lives people are able to lead, the effect of policies on the lives people are able to lead, and hence the likely effect on health and health inequalities.” PeopleIfsNeedsLooksAbleCuttingEffectsPolicyOppositesArguingInequalityWorking ItEconomist Author:Michael Marmot
“I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And there really isn't anything essential in there - you're the product of your actions, which can always change. And they retrospectively make you one way or another.” WayKindActionExistenceWrittenProductsPerspectiveEssentialsEssenceOppositesArguingOne WayExistentialist Author:Zadie Smith
“The Bible is not interested in arguing, because if you state a thesis of belief you have already stated it's opposite; if you say, I believe in God, you have already suggested the possibility of not believing in him. [p.250]” IfsBelieveStatesBeliefI BelievePossibilityOppositesI Believe InArguingBelieve In GodNot InterestedThesisI Believe In God Author:Northrop Frye
“Listen, the environmental movement is not about protecting the fishes and the birds so much as recognizing that nature is the infrastructure of our communities ... If you're saying the values that drive the environmental movement are uncool and antithetical to America, then I would argue just the opposite. If you think being patriotic is not cool, I'd say that's not true either. I'd say the most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.” IfsThinkingTryingCareAmericaValuesCan DoCommunityEnvironmentMovementBirdOppositesEnvironmentalFishesTake CareArguingPatrioticRecognizingInfrastructureOur CommunityUncoolMost Patriotic Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.