Argument Quotes - Page 19

The sole argument generally given to justify this picture of the world is that perturbative string theories have a massless spin two mode and thus could provide an explanation of gravity, if one ever managed to find an underlying theory for which perturbative string theory is the perturbative expansion.

I do not propose to criticize the fatuous argument I have just outlined; here, to expound is to expose.

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth.

Like Rick in Casablanca: "We'll always have Paris." When what we'll always have is, like, Brooklyn and arguments about [Lev] Trotsky.

Agreeing to differ. [Lat., Discors concordia.]

Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.

This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped in sufficient profundity that they take on a kind of plausibility.

The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.

A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

Why would scientists dedicated to uncovering the truth about the natural world deliberately misrepresent the work of their own colleagues? Why would they spread accusations with no basis? Why would they refuse to correct their arguments once they had been shown to be incorrect? And why did the press continue to quote them, year after year, even as their claims were shown, one after another, to be false?

The argument for collectivism is simple; free market is not.

The diversity of physical arguments and opinions embraces all sorts of methods.

Needless to say, banks and bondholders do not want to promote any arguments explaining the limits to how much can be paid without pushing economies into depression.

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't. The minute you start arming people in these conflict zones, like Iraq and Afghanistan, things don't go as expected.

Your assignment,' he bellowed at Kelly, 'was to make a persuasive argument. Demanding to know whether detractors of your position are on crack is not arguing persuasively.

If you can’t reduce your argument to a few crisp words and phrases, there’s something wrong with your argument.

What I've learnt is when you walk into a family argument and people tell you it's about principle don't get involved. There is more to life than principles.

Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation.

I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.

The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable.