Argument Quotes

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I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were… — Koren Zailckas
There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
We all resort to the ad hominem from time to time: in human affairs, it is difficult to avoid it, and probably not desirable. After… — Theodore Dalrymple
The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative… — Zadie Smith
Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear… — Thomas Jefferson
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and… — Dave Barry
The history of Christianity would have been far happier if we all had remembered one rule of intelligence -- not to believe a thing more… — Charles Williams
It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever. — William Shakespeare
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they… — Lord Melbourne
There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no man ever repented of being… — Hannah Moore
What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,… — John Milton
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It… — Ven Thich Nhat Hanh
A legal decision depends not on the teacher's age, but on the force of his argument — The Talmud
This is why the faith of the peoples is and becomes a complementary part of it, and the ultimate argument for the existence of religion… — Sorin Cerin
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof? — Aristophanes
When the girlfriend and I get in an argument, I begin to believe in flying saucers...and plates, pots, mugs... — Robert Paul
I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do… — Eddie Campbell
There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in… — Tucker Carlson
There's a great argument about how many men he actually killed. People would tell stories and then as we all know as stories get told… — Keith Carradine

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