Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. B. White

I think the strongest argument for the government is, if the death penalty is not appropriate for someone who had a hand in an attempt to undermine the entire American system of military, industry, and government, then who is it appropriate for?

It is certainly appropriate and within their rights to appeal. But we think there legal argument is without merit and would be rejected by the justices on grounds this is properly a case before the Florida Supreme Court because the issues are issues of state law.

It is certainly appropriate and within their rights to appeal, ... But we think there legal argument is without merit and would be rejected by the justices on grounds this is properly a case before the Florida Supreme Court because the issues are issues of state law.

Joseph Joubert

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.

Oscar Wilde

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I don't know what the deal with the dog was, but they had an argument.

I don't buy the argument that they are aiding attackers. The attackers are already reverse-engineering the patches. They have the time and resources to find out where the flaw lies. The guy that feels the pain is the system administrator who is in the dark and who can't do his own reverse-engineering.

I am kind of perplexed by their argument, ... You have a federally mandated program, created with federal dollars, but the states are issuing it. The states are not deciding anything, so I am not really sure how it is not a federal ID when the federal government makes all the decisions.

I believe that there's no argument for saying 'no' once the Supreme Court has ruled on a decision, ... American Morning.

I feel that this is a potential disaster on several levels. They are reducing scholarly texts to paragraphs. The point of a scholarly text is they are written to be read sequentially from beginning to end, making an argument and engaging you in dialogue.

Oliver Goldsmith

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.

I can't say everyone who sues the attorney general doesn't have a legitimate argument, (but) obviously, sometimes it's done as a stalling tactic.

France's argument that the CAP is used primarily to support its small farmers rings hollow. Europe's regime of farm subsidies goes to the wealthiest landowners and destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers.

Freedom of expression is extremely limited. Freedom of assembly is extremely limited. What's missing from the government's position is an end-date for all of this. It was always implicitly the argument that Singapore could grow into a developed society where people could be trusted.

Future new highways likely would not have been built had the language not been changed. For the Governor, this wasn't an argument about Super Slab, this was an argument about future transportation.

John Green

I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great value to the quiet, contemplative process of reading a novel, that reading great books carefully offers pleasures and consolations that no iPad app ever can.

Dan Mullen

Because we feel there was a good-faith argument to make that the statute as written was constitutional, we feel we have an obligation to make that argument if at all possible.

It could be a situation where there was a need for narcotics and she wouldn't give him the money, or it could be a situation where they got into an argument where she wanted to break off the relationship,

I think the oral argument could be very interesting. I am hopeful, but not optimistic, that some of the justices could tip their hand.

Have a compelling argument that speaks to the bottom line.

John Gibbons

He's got a valid argument for winning that thing. Very few rookies throw 200 innings,

Bill Schneider

His whole argument is 'Vote for me, and this is how I'm going to do it. I'm going to beat Bush, and here's how.' That's his whole campaign.

Bill Schneider

He's been focusing entirely on Bush, trying to continue the argument that he can take the fight to Bush,

There is an argument that medical marijuana is a back door to (recreational) legalization, ... I don't think that, but I do believe it's opening the door for people to learn about the plant.

There is an argument that it would be appropriate now. But I doubt that will happen.

There is an argument that both sides are simply going through the motions to convince the international community they have exhausted peaceful options but that both really have decided conflict is inevitable.

There is an argument going on about whether smaller merchants will continue to proliferate and grow disproportionately or whether you will see big-name, off-line retailers like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Home Depot compete more effectively online and take over this medium.

Hybrids continue to refute the argument that their cost of ownership fails to justify their slightly higher sticker prices. Perhaps more importantly, this is the first time that two hybrids, the Ford Escape and the Toyota Highlander, dominate the SUV category. This is also the second year in a row that one vehicle, the Honda Odyssey, swept the minivan category.

I wouldn't buy that argument that this does anything to harm the customer.

If we play that argument out, it's like a storm-water fee. You have to pay the fee and once you pay that fee, it's not private money, it's public money.

John Bright

If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.

If the defendant wants to rerun the argument he should be entitled to go to court, in which case the burden of proof lies with the prosecution.

If it's an argument that's taken place in the past, this might have pushed him over the edge.