"Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans……" — Daniel Okrent
"Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans would also entail closing one's mind to the substance of their arguments."
More Argument Quotes
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere… — David Attenborough
- If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids… — Margaret Atwood
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen… — Roger Bacon
- The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. — Lord Acton
- Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can… — Hosea Ballou
- I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. — Douglas Adams
- My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. — John Barrymore
- I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations… — Mario Batali
- It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais
- Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our… — Bob Beauprez
- A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own… — Joseph Addison