Appeals Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory.

— Leonardo da Vinci

You cannot understand what a person is saying unless you understand who they are arguing with.

— Donald Symons

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

Debate is where you refine your arguments and I have often learned as much from my debating opponents as from my partners, maybe more.

— Anonymous

“Their goal is to deepen our comprehension of the discussions themselves instead of justifying particular views involved in current debates.”

— Gary B. Ferngren

Persons not habituated to reason often argue absurdly, because, from particular instances, they deduce general conclusions, and extend the result of their limited experience…

— Maria Edgeworth

“Just as we are not all equally able to carry a tune or draw a straight line, many people simply cannot recognize the gaps…

— Thomas M. Nichols

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

— Andre Maurois

With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them.

— Galileo Galilei

“If one has to say, in an argument, "I am intelligent! I do know things!" then one might as well stop arguing.”

— Orson Scott Card