Argument Quote by Howard Jacobson

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Let Apella the Jew believe it.

— Horace

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

— Elie Wiesel

That's one thing I learned in my philosophy training - if you're writing a paper on Aristotle, you have to first show that you…

— ContraPoints

“Critics must use clear facts and an insightful cognitive paradigm to back up their argument if they want to negate other people's thoughts and…

— Saaif Alam

“In late February 2024 I talk to a friend of mine, a Palestinian Canadian author whose debut novel, rejected by many publishers, seems to…

— Omar El Akkad

Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but…

— Andrei Sakharov

It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“When you don’t know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious.”

— Jason Fried

“What's more, I believe in argument and I even love it. Argument is our most steadfast pathway toward truth, for it is the only…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

If you're older, you're smarter. I just believe that. If you're in an argument with someone older than you, you should listen to 'em.…

— Louis C. K

“on the whole,” he continued, “I’d have to say no, people don’t change, but they can learn to behave differently. I want to believe…

— Charlaine Harris