#argument

Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed. ↗

— Peter Coyote

#any #argument #begin #going #half

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#family #marriage #relationships #family

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. ↗

— John Dryden

#blow #tis #word

On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do. ↗

— Charles Vest

#caused #changes #economic #every #fair

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#full #good #good stories #got #history

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own? ↗

— Robert Walpole

#am #answerable #argument #conduct #countries

I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I don't think they believe that. It's just an argument that's made when you can't confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#argument #believe #chinese #confront #course

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#irony #neither #sarcasm

My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#art #genuinely #good #good art #i

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism. ↗

— Susan Griffin

#argument #book #determinism #feel #i