Argument Quotes · Page 36

To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.

— Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

I hate how after an argument I think of really clever stuff I should have said.

— Anonymous

A man's opinions are generally of much more value than his arguments.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.

— William Gurnall

There is a definite argument to be made that videogames are becoming an art form put together by artists of different types.

— John Romero

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

— Andrew Marr

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a…

— Voltaire

A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument in favor of the gospel that can be produced.

— Ellen G. White

“I also recommend that both parties observe a “two-minute rule” in which neither interrupts the other, so they both have time to…

— Ray Dalio

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

— Michael Lewis

Because the speech is an argument, and a great speech makes an argument well, the act of making that argument is a…

— Jon Lovett

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the…

— George Burton Adams

What interests me in [Lincoln in the Bardo] is a slight perverse balance between the sublime and the grotesque. Like you could…

— Zadie Smith

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well…

— James L. Buckley

Certainly Apple has improved enormously. At the beginning, the sampling rate was an issue for me, but a bigger argument was over…

— Gail Zappa

Much of economics isn't difficult, or rather, the difficulty is in cooking up arguments to "prove" that commonsense conclusions are wrong. The…

— Jerry Pournelle

“Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in…

— Ha-Joon Chang

I'd love if people relearned the lessons of the 20th century all over again. Which is to say this country progressed economically…

— David Simon

A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then…

— Clifford Irving

“Look, Jordan, you’re not alone any more. It’s my job to protect you while I’m here and I can’t do that if…

— Kyoko M

The majority of the people of the world today are unsane, not insane, unsane meaning having been exposed to methods of evaluation…

— Jacque Fresco

The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is . . . that we tolerate conditions that are, from a…

— Mary McCarthy

Probably the most dangerous thing about college education, at least in my own case, is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize…

— David Foster Wallace

“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

— Rebecca West

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.

— Michael Shermer

The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.

— Edward Abbey

Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues.

— Evan Davis

I've been trying to make this argument that digital comics and print comics are both art, but there are subtle differences.

— Jim Lee

“Swearing doesn’t make your argument valid; it just tells the other person you have lost your class and control.”

— Shannon L. Alder

Success and vocabulary go hand in hand. This has been proven so often that it no longer admits of argument.

— Wilfred Funk

Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble.

— James Carville

Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.

— Richard Dawkins

If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.

— Winston Churchill

Has anyone ever won an argument with you? (Syd) Just Tee, and I was drunk and wounded at the time. (Joe)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

In an argument, a woman always has the last word. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new…

— Anonymous

I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.

— Tom Stoppard

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

— Karl Popper

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

— Jane Austen

I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.

— Jared Harris