“A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it's better to produce 'real things' than services. American consumers value health care and haircuts as much as washing machines and hair dryers.” RealFeelingsGovernmentCareValuesSuccessfulPolicyProduceHairArgumentMachinesHealth CareConsumersReal ThingsManufacturingWashingHaircutsDryersWashing MachinesHair Dryers Author:Christina Romer
“Of course, Jastrow's comment is exaggerated at best; theologians hardly predicted the Big Bang. If our universe turns out to be closed, hence with an end, this does not mean apocalyptic visions of the end of the world were on target. And even if a beginning for the universe is a successful prediction of one version of theism, this is still not that impressive. After all, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. The Big Bang becomes strong support for God only with an argument showing that such a beginning requires a Creator.” IfsWorldMeanDoeStillsEndsBigsReligionTurnsUniverseCoursesStrongVisionSupportSuccessfulArgumentCreatorVersionsClockTargetCommentPredictionsTheologianEnd Of The WorldBangsImpressiveExaggeratedApocalypticTheismStopped Clock Author:Taner Edis
“Perhaps the most remarkable thing I found about the Bible was how flexible it is. Here we have a book written 3,000 years ago, with bizarre stories, peculiar laws, erratic deity, and yet we are able - through argument, selective reading, and desire - to find a powerful framework of laws and moral reasoning that have built a very successful society. So this Bible, for all its oddities and flaws, serves us beautifully after all these years.” YearsBookStoriesAbleLawDesireReadingFoundPowerfulMoralSuccessfulWrittenBuiltYears AgoArgumentReasoningRemarkableFlawsPeculiarBizarreFlexibleDeitiesFrameworkSelectiveErraticOdditiesMoral Reasoning Author:David Plotz
“People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.” PeopleNeedsMotherFatherSuccessfulMomArgumentMy MomBeing SuccessfulOffenseMothers DayBeing A Father Author:Dwight Howard
“Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's tail to wag by moving it with your hand will make the dog happy.” ThinkingMindFirstsBelieveTwoHandsMovingBeliefMoralSuccessfulDogJudgmentIllusionArgumentAtheistDrivenOpponentsReasoningTailsWagsMoral JudgmentRebuttalWag The DogMoral Reasoning Author:Sam Harris
“Successful argument is a communication between the acknowledged authority of both parties to the argument.” PartySuccessfulCommunicationAuthorityArgument Author:Gerry Spence
“We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves.” SuccessfulSourceArgument Author:Gerry Spence