Argument Quotes · Page 43

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

— Joyce Cary

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

— Thomas a Kempis

Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, Who do you think you are?

— Ray Combs

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

— Jon Niccum

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

— William Hazlitt

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

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

Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the…

— John Schlesinger

It's the spring of 2012, that the [Barak] Obama administration would be embracing the argument that the Affordable Care Act was a…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the…

— John Ashbery

“Well, there was a sort of bastard justice in his view of the case, and so I dropped the matter. When you…

— Mark Twain

It's very difficult to get any movies done about Black heroes - Haitian or American - in Hollywood. The argument in Hollywood…

— Jimmy Jean-Louis

I contribute in many different ways to the team. I've played a hell of a lot of games in my career, and…

— James Milner

In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So…

— James Burgh

“He pleaded with those sea-green eyes, like a cute baby seal that needed help. Piper wondered how Annabeth ever won an argument…

— Rick Riordan

One problem I have with talking about myself in the context of class divisiveness is that I can be - and indeed…

— Zia Haider Rahman

I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot…

— Matthew Scully

maybe we try too hard to be remembered, waking to the glowing yellow disc in ignorance, swearing that today will be the…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive…

— David Harsanyi

“Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use…

— Criss Jami

I got involved in cultural studies because I didn't think life was purely economically determined. I took all this up as an…

— Stuart Hall

Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular…

— Eve Ensler

The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition…

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Yevgeny Primakov

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

— Anonymous

“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

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

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

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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

— Giordano Bruno

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

— Julian Assange

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

— Kemmy Nola

“The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.”

— Joseph Joubert

When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.

— Richard Jenkins

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

— Rose Kennedy

When I did 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' I think it was accepted that comedians can contest the arguments just as well as…

— Rory Bremner

I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're…

— Buddy Hackett