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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Alexander Hamilton1757–1804Federalist No. 70 (18 March 1788)
- Debate
A book of quotations…can never be complete.
RHRobert M. Hamilton
- Quotations
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter
Dashiell Hammett1894–1961The Maltese Falcon (1930), Chapter 12In context
- Clever Jabs
I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking’s something you can’t do judiciously unless you keep in practice.
Dashiell Hammett1894–1961The Maltese Falcon (1930), Chapter 11In context
I’m a man who likes talking to a man that likes to talk.
Dashiell Hammett1894–1961The Maltese Falcon (1930), Chapter 11In context
It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
Thomas Hardy1840–1928Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), Ch. 51In context
- Women
If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?
Sam Harrisborn 1967Sam Harris, “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural? – William Lane Craig vs. Sam Harris, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States – April 2011
- Debate
- Thinking
There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them.
Václav Havel1936–2011Speech of October 1989, accepting a peace prize; quoted in The Independent, London (9 December 1989)
I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can, and do usually, quit when I am done.
Rutherford B. Hayes1822–1893Diary (20 November 1872)
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
William Hazlitt1778–1830Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819)
- Humor
In order to remain silent Da-sein must have something to say.
Martin Heidegger1889–1976Being and Time (1927), Stambaugh translation
Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Ernest Hemingway1899–1961From a set of “rules for life” sent to publisher Charles Scribner IV; quoted in Scribner’s memoir In the Company of Writers (New York: Scribner, 1991), p. 64
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Jimi Hendrix1942–1970
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
Hermann Hesse1877–1962Siddhartha (1922)
- Thinking
The argument is at an end.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
- Debate