Argument Quotes · Page 19

An Inconvenient Truth is so convincing that it makes opposers of the argument as credible as Holocaust deniers.

— Jon Niccum

Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

— Thomas a Kempis

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

— Joyce Cary

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters.

— Leon Kass

There's one argument that says we shouldn't be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you've got to…

— Simon Cowell

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.

— Antonin Scalia

Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.

— Norman Vincent Peale

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

The photograph [of Che Guevara], for a civilization now accustomed to thinking in images, was not the description of a single event...…

— Umberto Eco

It is astonishing how articulate one can become when alone and raving at a radio. Arguments and counter arguments, rhetoric and bombast…

— Stephen Fry

“...I am not, however, militant in my atheism. The great English theoretical physicist Paul Dirac is a militant atheist. I suppose he…

— Linus Pauling

I can definitely make an argument for atheism. I was very educated in scripture and dogma and the church, particularly the Catholic…

— Amber Heard

I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always…

— Zadie Smith

“The Latin name for the fallacy of appealing to an illegitimate authority or expert is argumentum ad verecundiam, which means “argument to…

— Aaron Larsen

One of the peculiarities of recent speculation, especially in America, is that ideas are abandoned in virtue of a mere change of…

— George Santayana

The core of science is not a mathematical modeling--it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the…

— Sam Harris

If the government were to invest that money in higher education and public services, these would be far better investments. But administrators…

— Henry Giroux

Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to…

— Richard Branson

According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish,…

— Jonathan Stroud

The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance,…

— William J. Brennan

I actually have to consciously stay away from CNN and MSNBC because it will rot my brain and start having me agree…

— Eddie Pepitone

I am afraid that those comments go back to the late 80's. At that time I was a skeptic - the argument…

— Walter Gilbert

We scientists can argue forever about important topics like slightly different flavors of vanilla ice cream. Consider the silliness of this debate:…

— Mark Powell

Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened…

— Sam Harris

Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

— Giordano Bruno

You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.

— Barry Lyga

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.

— Peter Singer

Resist the urge to get into an argument. Remember, you dont have to agree, just try to understand the other persons perspective.

— Kemmy Nola

Where they couldn't pick holes in our arguments they would drive horses and carriages through my character.

— Julian Assange

Ignorance always makes people create an argument and it is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in it.

— Vikrant Parsai

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

— Lynne Cheney

When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

— William Hazlitt

“Sometimes what seems to be a difference in opinions is in fact just a difference in definitions.”

— Scott Adams

Dear clever comeback, can you come BEFORE the argument is over. K Thanks!

— Anonymous

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

— Anonymous

I think the three years have demonstrated how little this argument has to do with reality.

— Yevgeny Primakov

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

— Simone Elkeles