Famous Quotes & Sayings

Amanda Palmer

I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which is that music has value, it's subjective and we're moving to a new era where the audience is taking more responsibility for supporting artists at whatever level.

Ezekiel Emanuel

Where I came from, just nodding and smiling when someone expressed views was the ultimate insult. If people weren't yelling about politics in our house then they were arguing about music, or movies, or food.

Sylvia Earle

For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay.

Trent Reznor

My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether it be arguing about having a nicer package - because I do believe some people care about that - to trying to always bank on art-versus-the-easy-commerce route; there's always been headbutting involved.

Cyril Connolly

Poets arguing about modern poetry: jackals snarling over a dried-up well.

Ted Stevens

Unfortunately, clinically depressed. I've been told that, because I've just been at this too long, 24 years arguing to get Congress to keep its word. I'm really getting to the point where I'm taking on people even in my own party that do things that I don't think is fair. You get to that point where you're challenging your colleagues -- that's not exactly good. I really am very, very disturbed.

Brian Ferneyhough

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.

Frank Robinson

To me that isn't arguing balls and strikes, is it?

Too often in the past, Tony Blair has gone to Washington and instead of pressing the British case or British arguments, he has effectively done what the president asked him to do and forgotten that he should be arguing Britain's corner.

We don't call it discussing Talmud; we call it arguing Talmud.

Domhnall Gleeson

Doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong - if I'm hungry or hot, I'm probably arguing with someone about something. Especially if that someone is rude.

Frank Robinson

People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.

Ray Comfort

The problem when arguing with those who believe in atheistic evolution is that they move goal posts by redefining atheism or evolution or the word 'species.'

I was arguing the fact that the catcher had to go so high to get the ball and bring it down to tag our guy on the head. It was unfortunate the way things ended, but we shouldn't be caught in those situations. I probably should have pinch run for Mike in that situation, but I was thinking how tough it would have been had we gone extra innings without his bat in the lineup. It was a decision that didn't work out for us.

You can go on and on and on, talking and arguing about it. But at some point, you have to say, there are charges and we'll make the charges,

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together.

Mickey Matthews

Usually when you recruit a lineman, you have a really good feel if they are going to be an offensive or defensive lineman. Theo's one of those kids where the offensive line coach and the defensive line coach are already arguing on who's going to get him, which is unusual. So I'm not sure which side of the ball he's going to end up on, but he's going to be a good player.

With all the lawn fertilizers, agricultural fertilizers, golf courses, etc., nobody's arguing that there are more nutrients in the system than is natural.

Those arguing that the Fed will soon take a time-out from gradually normalizing the level of the fed funds rate will have found little encouragement in these minutes.

Peter Singer

Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer willing to design its search engine to block information that the Chinese government does not wish its citizens to have. In liberal democracies around the world, this decision has generally been greeted with enthusiasm.

I think even before Katrina I would have been through. I would have been arguing to pause, if I were still there.

is a really good lawyer, arguing really bad facts.

People aren't arguing about the third quarter, they're arguing about what is going to happen now.

Robert Scoble

Over at Barb Bowman, she's arguing that we should turn off Facebook's tracking of ads. I totally disagree; those trackers make newsfeed filtering work better and potentially could help bring me better ads, which improves my life.

That Auburn game was embarrassing. We had a lot of fussing going on with defensive players. We were arguing about assignments and not playing together. We looked bad on national television.

Dan Brown

One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.

Dalton McGuinty

I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.

Chuck Klosterman

Mostly, we argued about who which of us was better at arguing, and particularly about who had won the previous argument.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse

Bill Bryson

You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.

John Dalton

While we've been arguing in the Philippines (as to who is at fault), business-oriented producers, consolidators, shippers and transport companies in Singapore, Malaysia and China have been developing strategies to efficiently compete in global markets, ... They're winning; we're losing.

John Higgins

We are not arguing that new 'on-demand' services should be exempt from legal standards. But this is not the most effective way either to protect consumers or to create a healthy media sector in Europe.

David Hoffman

I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify.