Argument Quotes · Page 36

I've never gotten into a heated argument with people. Heat diffuses reason.

— Lorne Greene

“Whenever they are condemning weaves or breast implants, some people speak so passionately that their false teeth almost fall out.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.

— Oscar Wilde

If you're in an argument and the other person falls back, don't consider it a victory. Forcing someone down? It's not an…

— Amber Hope

I am finishing a biography of [Gustave] Flaubert. Because he is the opposite of what I am. One needs to rub up…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

— Anonymous

I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.

— Julia Quinn

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

— James Harvey Robinson

For similar folly, our own country, in the transition from the colonial period, also paid a fearful price; and from a like…

— Andrew Dickson White

Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's…

— James Surowiecki

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they…

— John Wilkins

An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition... A contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of…

— Anonymous

The argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that…

— Bertrand Russell

But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right…

— Adin Ballou

The humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking,…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The Jews integrated themselves into American life to the point that the argument that the Jews aren't American sounded so stupid, that…

— Reza Aslan

I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one’s opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for…

— Gay Hendricks

There are two kinds of comprehensive doctrines, religious and secular. Those of religious faith will say I give a veiled argument for…

— John Rawls

I was told in many places of Osgar's bravery and Goll's strength and Conan's bitter tongue, and the arguments of Oisin and…

— Lady Gregory

The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and…

— Gautama Buddha

The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet…

— Mary Doria Russell

And my daughter said, 'Why are you yelling at us?' and I said, 'I'm trying to discipline you!' And then she looked…

— Stephen Colbert

“Look, Aerin, preparation is only half the challenge of winning a debate.” “And the other half?” He had her now. “You have…

— Anne Osterlund

If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.

— John McCarthy

“The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument.”

— Steve Maraboli

There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature.

— Auguste Rodin

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

For a healthy relationship don't argue like it's you versus your partner, but argue like it's you both versus the Issue.

— Anonymous

There Are Always Two Sides To An Argument And Two Perspectives To Consider.

— Pacifiersucker

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

— Bharat

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Robert Breault

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

— Milton Friedman

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

— Latin Proverb

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

— Garima Soni

“What becomes of a chain of argument when the links are made of different metals, each with a separate frangibility?”

— Julian Barnes

Women get the last word in every argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument

— Anonymous

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

— Albert Camus

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

— Samuel Johnson