Argument Quotes · Page 41

“Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.”

— Raheel Farooq

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

— Honore de Balzac

My ideal picture of citizenship will always be an argument, not a sing-along.

— Sarah Vowell

“there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .”

— Dale carnegie

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

— Anonymous

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

— Janet Frame

He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (on Craig Bellamy)

— Bobby Robson

“Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons—you really can choose to stop.”

— Nigel Warburton

And before you ask, no, you're not driving, Myrnin. I remember the last time." "That accident was not my fault." "You were…

— Rachel Caine

I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did…

— Koren Zailckas

“If a person does not attend to the meaning of terms as they are commonly used in argument, he may be involved…

— Plato

It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping…

— Walter Cronkite

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close…

— Joan Armatrading

“I refuse to learn your name. Does that not offend you?" "Nope." Well. That was all the argument he had. No sense…

— Michele Hauf

Fighting with the media almost always is a mistake. You can't win the argument, the media has the last word, and most…

— Roger Ailes

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value…

— Sam Harris

Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me,…

— Bruce Bartlett

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic…

— Ben Shapiro

Coldplay songs deliver an amorphous, irrefutable interpretation of how being in love is supposed to feel, and people find themselves wanting that…

— Chuck Klosterman

“Happy Families. What's that all about, eh? A bloody busted flush is what it is. You surround yourself with other people so…

— Mike Carey

A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases,…

— Anonymous

Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth, And I know that…

— Walt Whitman

Even if you're trying to remain objective, even if you're trying not to mount any campaigns or endorse anything, when you cover…

— Frank Bruni

But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him,…

— Charles Spurgeon

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the…

— Hosea Ballou

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

— Anonymous

Difference between a woman's argument and a knife is - the knife has a point.

— Anonymous

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

— Desmond Tutu

Q: What is the next thing one should do after winning an argument with the wife? A: Apologize!!..

— Anonymous

“Some things that goes out of your mouth can wrap itself around your neck and choke you to death in future.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

— Mordecai Richler

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

— Chris Patten

As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.

— Johann Most

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own set of facts.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

— Barbara Deming

We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.

— Ray Dalio

There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief without the help of any other argument.

— Thomas Gray

Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise.

— Barbara Kingsolver

As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt.

— Danny Trejo