#argue

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#argue #ever #facts #fit #here

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#argue #effort #game #i #made

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#conscience #i #i think #job #leave

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him! ↗

— George Kennedy

#am #anyway #argue #been #brilliant

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#argue #broaden #change #definition #exclude

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away. ↗

— Bill Klem

#argue #away #back #player #umpire

I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#argue #certain #certain things #completely #compulsively

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish. ↗

— Michael Kors

#also #argue #color #grew #i

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#been #competition #education #i #improve

When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#always #argue #because #being #could