Skip to content

Argument Quote by Dan Savage

“Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments…” quote by Dan Savage — Download Open image

“Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does it well and triumphs.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (4 ratings)

Argument Arms Choir Discourse Doe Preaching Preaching to the choir Reason Triumph Wells

More by Dan Savage

Bisexuals need to recognize that their being closeted is a huge contributing factor to the hostility they face.

Image

Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.

Image

I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect…

Image

I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene.

Image

And that really captures the difference for the bullied straight kid versus the bullied gay kid, is that the bullied straight kid goes home…

Image

I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack…

Image

I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do…

Image

the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.

Image

There's a big mistake the left has made with talking to religious people, which is attempting to talk them out of their interpretations of…

Image

The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

Image

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out…

Image

“Either way... you've got to tell him--in no uncertain terms--to knock it the fuck off already. Don't be measured, don't wrap it up in…

Image

Explore all 147 Dan Savage quotes

More Argument quotes

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

Image

Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they…

Michael Servetus

Image

Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this…

Image

As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very…

Image

There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation…

Image

The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into…

Arthur Koestler

Image

On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -…

Image

One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The…

Image

All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can…

Image

“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s keyboard.”

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Image

Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I…

Image

In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary…

John Edensor Littlewood

Image

Browse all 3,134 Argument quotes