Argument Quotes

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Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court. .… — Peter Burwash
If you meditate long enough, deep enough, it is impossible for you to hurt anybody for food; it is impossible. It is not a question… — Rajneesh
We have arranged for ourselves a world in which we can live - by positing bodies, lines, planes, causes and effects, motion and rest, form… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The mythos-over-logos argument points to the fact that each child is born as ignorant as any caveman. What keeps the world from reverting to the… — Robert M. Pirsig
Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate… — James L. Buckley
Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on or motivated to… — William Thurston
Mathematics is about problems, and problems must be made the focus of a student's mathematical life. Painful and creatively frustrating as it may be, students… — Paul Lockhart
Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. If… — Deepak Chopra
I donâ€™t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time. — Gene Logsdon
Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting… — Douglas Alexander
Some People think 'coven' is a word for a group of witches, and it's true that's what the dictionary says. But the real word for… — Terry Pratchett
Tens of millions of Americans who neither know or understand the actual arguments for, or even against, evolution, march in the Army of the Night… — Isaac Asimov
There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force? — Jules Verne
Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment. — Eric Alterman
I've heard that phallic symbol argument before, and always from ineffectual people driven to make everyone else as helpless as they are. who's more confused,… — L. Neil Smith
Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger… — Robert Greene
I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered… — Sean Hannity
The Besicovitch style is architectural. He builds out of simply elements a delicate and complicated architectural structure, usually with a hierarchical plan, and then, when… — Freeman Dyson

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