Argument Quote by David Crystal

This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped in sufficient…

— Noam Chomsky

Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting arguments to…

— Thomas Sowell

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

— Will Rogers

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually…

— Dr Carl Sagan

If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

However judicious academics may be - not like me - they are all taught to see through crap.

— Mary Beard

“When students are taught to approach argument through inquiry, good things happen: they choose topics worthy of arguing, they gain ownership (through choice) of…

— Kelly Gallagher

Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging students to apply what…

— Derek Bok

This is the great vice of academicism, that it is concerned with ideas rather than with thinking.

— Lionel Trilling

“People need to learn the art of making an argument. Often there is no right or wrong. It's just your opinion vs someone else's…

— J'son M. Lee

There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.

— Al Seckel

Nothing makes a person weaker than complicated thinking.

— Lee Jin-wook