--- title: "12 Losing Argument Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Losing Argument quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Losing Argument sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/anonymous-1_argument_losing-a-argument-is-better-than-losing_519535.jpg" --- > [Losing a argument is better than losing a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/losing-a-argument-is-better-than-losing-a-friend/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/anonymous-1_argument_losing-a-argument-is-better-than-losing_519535.jpg) > [“I don't care' is the last bit of baggage to be tossed overboard in a losing argument.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/i-don-t-care-is-the-last-bit-of-baggage-to-be-tossed-overboard-in-a/) [Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/alan-bradley-1571_losing_i-don-t-care-is-the-last-bit-of-baggage_1619995.png) > [Sometimes I Just have to let her win, because losing the argument is easier than losing Her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhatt/sometimes-i-just-have-to-let-her-win-because-losing-the-argument-is/) [Zhatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/zhatt-288399_losing_sometimes-i-just-have-to-let-her-win-bec_3039686.jpg) > [“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/when-your-best-friend-is-the-son-of-god-you-get-tired-of-losing-every/) [Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/christopher-moore-353_best-friend_when-your-best-friend-is-the-son-of-god_1834096.png) > [“To cultivate a pleasure in being wrong sounds perverse, yet losing an argument means escaping from an old idea and the acquisition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-de-bono/to-cultivate-a-pleasure-in-being-wrong-sounds-perverse-yet-losing-an/) [Edward De Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-de-bono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/edward-de-bono-2489_logic_to-cultivate-a-pleasure-in-being-wrong-s_2028905.jpg) > [Immature people always want to win arguments even at the cost of a relationship. Mature people prefer losing an argument just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/immature-people-always-want-to-win-arguments-even-at-the-cost-of-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/anonymous-1_arguments_immature-people-always-want-to-win-argum_144520.jpg) > [RElAtIoN aN maTuRitY… iMmAtUrE pErSoNs aLwAyS wAnT tO wIn aRgUmEnTs aT tHe cOSt oF a rElAtIoN... mAtUrE pErSoNS pReFeRs tO loSiNG aRgUmEnT…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunny/relation-an-maturity-immature-persons-always-want-to-win-arguments-at/) [Sunny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/sunny-19817_mature-person_relation-an-maturity-immature-persons-al_3020208.png) > [“let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-burgh/let-your-aim-be-to-come-at-truth-not-to-conquer-your-opponent-so-you/) [James Burgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-burgh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/james-burgh-37288_logic_let-your-aim-be-to-come-at-truth-not-to_783591.jpg) > [Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/winning-or-losing-an-argument-receiving-an-acceptance-or-rejection-is/) [Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/sylvia-plath-149_acceptance_winning-or-losing-an-argument-receiving_2455710.jpg) > [In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/in-don-mills-in-the-sixties-nothing-comes-close-to-the-humiliation-of/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/dan-hill-9616_argument_in-don-mills-in-the-sixties-nothing-come_672604.jpg) > [In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-burgh/in-disputes-upon-moral-or-scientific-points-ever-let-your-aim-be-to/) [James Burgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-burgh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/james-burgh-37288_aim_in-disputes-upon-moral-or-scientific-poi_3052705.jpg) > [O take heart, my brothers. Even now... with every leader & every resource & every strategy of every nation on Earth arrayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/o-take-heart-my-brothers-even-now-with-every-leader-every-resource/) [Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/kenneth-patchen-10815_argument_o-take-heart-my-brothers-even-now-with-e_1426551.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/losing-argument/#itemlist", "name": "Losing Argument Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Losing a argument is better than losing a friend.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/losing-a-argument-is-better-than-losing-a-friend/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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