Argument Quotes · Page 31

Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.

— Samuel Johnson

The bestway to diffuse an argument is to listen first, second, and last.

— Anabel Jensen

I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists

— Tony Abbott

“Every discussion with a girl is an argument, and when you think you are right suddenly you realize that your trapped.”

— Bharat

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

— Milton Friedman

A man sometimes wins an argument, but a woman always wins a silence.

— Robert Breault

“My silence towards you is not out of respect. It’s just my way to avoid having another useless argument with you.”

— Garima Soni

An argument derived from the abuse of a thing does not hold good against its use

— Latin Proverb

Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of…

— Richard von Weizsaecker

There are some very difficult things to understand that globalization is providing, that people really think are just here but really are…

— Ken Moelis

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated…

— Anonymous

Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II…

— Terry Pratchett

All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public…

— Ted Nordhaus

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his…

— Edmund Burke

When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently…

— David Cameron

The infidelity that springs from the heart is not to be reached by a course of lectures on the evidences of Christianity;…

— Mark Hopkins

No one thinks anything silly is suitable when they are an adolescent. Such an enormous share of their own behavior is silly…

— Anna Quindlen

All the arguments there are against Malcolm [Turnbull] - and there are many - the one thing in which he is impeccable…

— Bob Hawke

The Nuffield report suggests that there is a moral imperative for investment into GM crop research in developing countries. But the moral…

— Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

The Old Testament contains in many places, but especially in the book of Job, one of the most far-reaching defenses ever written…

— Bill McKibben

This incomparable Author having at length been prevailed upon to appear in public, has in this Treatise given a most notable instance…

— Edmond Halley

“the late historian and cultural critic Christopher Lasch in his book The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. His…

— John Fea

I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that…

— Edsger Dijkstra

Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to…

— Adam Clarke

“I’d like to make the argument that The Cars were the first garage band.”

— Jarod Kintz

Public discourse requires making an argument for a point of view, not having an argument - as in having a fight.

— Deborah Tannen

Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there.

— Andrew Mitchell

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form.

— Immanuel Kant

A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.

— Ali Smith

No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on…

— Jascha Heifetz

To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say.

— Lionel Tiger

Nothing is to be gained by arguing. with fools. Nothing can be gained by reasoning with ignorant people.

— Anonymous

sometimes I was so bored that I started arguments just to experience the rush of almost losing him.

— Lena Dunham

I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.

— Benjamin Banneker

My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.

— Hasan Minhaj

This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.

— John Mearsheimer

“He (Larry Summers) can frame arguments with such force and conviction that people think he knows more than he does.”

— Ron Suskind

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

— Thomas Jefferson