"The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isnt really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it."

-- Barry Eisler

#Quality Quotes #Want Quotes #Argument Quotes

“I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. ... Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?”
“We must succumb to the general influence of the times. No man can be of the tenth century, if he would; be must be a man of the nineteenth century.”
“Philosophy makes progress not by becoming more rigorous but by becoming more imaginative.”

Source : Richard Rorty (1998). “Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers”, p.8, Cambridge University Press
“Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical to accurate and relevant intelligence than independent analysis.”
“I'm not hiding from anyone. I am who I am, and I'm not perfect.”

Source : "Interview: Justin Bieber Talks About His Top 5 Rappers, Selena Gomez, and Growing Up In The Game". Interview with Joe la Puma, www.complex.com. March 30, 2012.
“You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.”
“I kind of think we have too many guns in this country,”
“I think what happened is that everybody's impressions got formed in those first few minutes. And I felt like, by the latter part of it, I kind of clawed my way back into the discussion. But everybody's impressions were set at the beginning. And wholly apart from me and whether I was good or bad, you know, there were a lot of hostile questions.”

Source : "Farewell to the General". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.

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