Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.

— Thomas Jefferson

It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.

— Tony Blair

Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

— Charles Simmons

You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning…

— Shane Claiborne

We must reinforce argument with results.

— Booker T. Washington

“When students are taught to approach argument through inquiry, good things happen: they choose topics worthy of arguing, they gain ownership (through choice) of…

— Kelly Gallagher

Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is…

— Ibn Arabi

“Every arguments start from misunderstanding and ego”

— Chatchawan Tangtrongpanich

In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary…

— John Edensor Littlewood

The purpose of an argument, should not be victorious, but progress...

— Anonymous

Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.

— Benjamin Franklin

Wanting to say something but knowing it's gonna start an argument...

— Anonymous

When God says something, the argument is over.

— R. C. Sproul

Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was…

— Thomas Nagel

“A novel is an impression, not an argument.”

— Thomas Hardy