Argument Quotes

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There is some argument about who actually invented text messaging, but I think it's safe to say it was a man. Multiple studies have shown… — Ashton Kutcher
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference? — Johann Lamont
I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her… — Anne Lamott
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. — Stephen Leacock
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. — Bruce Lee
If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument. — George Henry Lewes
The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those… — Carl Lewis
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Free speech gives us the ability to react vigorously with effective arguments and expose the weakness and misdirection of the other side's claims. — Rush Limbaugh
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. — John Locke
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. — James Russell Lowell
Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus… — Jack Lynch
If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters. — Shirley MacLaine
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument. — John Major
By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We're like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we do… — Barbara Mandrell
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education… — Judith Martin
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. — Andre Maurois
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness. — Bryant H. McGill
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him… — Phyllis McGinley
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. — H. L. Mencken

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