Argument Quote by Jonathan Swift Download Open image “Argument is the worst sort of conversation.” — Jonathan Swift ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Argument Communication Conversation Language Opinion Wisdom Worst
Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as it is generally in books the worst sort of reading. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can talk to someone who wants to have a conversation, not an argument” — Poornima Copy Share Image
Argument Is Bad, But Discussion Is Good, Because, ARGUMENT Is To Find Out WHO IS RIGHT and DISCUSSION Is To Find Out WHAT IS… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument. — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it. — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking. — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
The argument is the worst sort of conversation. Fanaticism is the worst of destructive words. If you nothing to say , say nothing. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Never try to enter any stupid conversation because it will only lead you to some more stupid arguments. — Shubhanshu Tiwari Copy Share Image
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“He said, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change, or should not be… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share 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… — Dan Savage Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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… — John Rawls Copy Share 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… — Barack Obama Copy Share 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… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share 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… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share 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… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
