The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
A companion is but another self; wherefore it is an argument that a man is wicked if he keep company with the… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of… — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“If you can not answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.” — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Don't compliment me in the middle of an argument. It won't make me stammer or blush, and it just makes you look… — Suzanne Enoch Copy Share Image
“The biggest thing my ex threw at me during an argument was her cell phone. It missed. She needs to work on… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Negative people are worse than negative occurrences. The argument is over in ten minutes - the person may hang around for years. — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
I have learned that if I only see and deeply appreciate one side of an argument, it means I am probably missing… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I don't think there would be many examples of South Africa pushing its weight around the African Continent. I don't think the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
To concede that there are social problems that cannot be corrected without the state is to give up the entire argument over… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“It has an unhappy effect upon the human understanding and temper, for a man to be compelled in his gravest investigation of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
It's a tough one for me, politics. I grew up in a house where my father is a Christian book salesman and… — James Corden Copy Share Image
If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If you come from a working-class background, you can't afford to write full time, because you're just not being paid. Basically, all… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Yes. The original argument is defective. Substitute the word 'male' for 'gay,' and you'll see the flaw: 'Male people cannot be normal.… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
From my mom and dad, because they're happily married for a long time: Just listen. Listen to him. I'm so independent and… — Erin Andrews Copy Share Image
But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
