#gum

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

The argument of the strongest is always the best. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#argument #best #strongest

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#appealing #argument #authority #conducts #his

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ↗

— Voltaire

#argue #argument #best #dinner #dinner table

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

Keep cool; anger is not an argument. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#argument #cool #keep

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

You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that. ↗

— Jack Welch

#chewing #chewing gum #commitments #deliver #delivering

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#irony #neither #sarcasm