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Quotes About Argue

To reason with governments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected.
~ Thomas Paine
Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice.
~ Thomas Paine
Even now she was very patriotic, and like most patriots she felt strongly and thought weakly, and so it was not easy to argue with her.
~ Norman Mailer
Wang-mu was surprised to hear Peter sound so oriental. The American way was to make excuses, to stay and argue.
~ Orson Scott Card
It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
~ Oscar Wilde
Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul…
~ Walt Whitman
you have to understand in order to disagree.
~ Charles Van Doren
Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
~ Bernie Siegel
There will always be different opinions. Some might argue you should retire after a big success and others that the best time is after a big defeat.
~ Toni Kroos
It is only intellectually lost who ever argue.
~ Oscar Wilde
Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century.
~ David Puttnam
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected
~ Thomas Paine
Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.
~ Christopher
It would seem that God had merely asked me to give Him my mind, my training, the ability that He has given me; to serve Him unquestioningly; and to leave with Him the consequences....How wonderful God is, and how foolish we are to argue with Him and not to trust Him wholly in every situation as we seek to serve Him!
~ Helen Roseveare
The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more.
~ Bill Kovach
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.
~ Emanuel Ax
It's very hard to argue with the politics of 'Black Watch,' because it is not an opinion; it is just the true stories of these boys, and any opinions expressed are theirs.
~ John Tiffany
Debate, but do not argue.Challenge, but do not force your opinions.To win an argument, but lose a friendship, is a loss.To lose an argument, but retain a friendship, is gain.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
All art points to others with whom the writer argues about what is . . . He must have models with which to agree . . . or outright oppose . . . for Nature seems to remain silence.
~ Unknown
My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
I must argue, Wilk mandated a stupid, vindictive, and harmful visitation plan for me and the kids.
~ Woody Allen
The smaller a group, the easier it is for more people to argue and enter into discussions. The U.S. is vast. It's too large. The intellectuals hide out in enclaves, in big cities or universities, like a bunch of chickens hiding from a fox.
~ Elfriede Jelinek
Not all who listen, believe. If you call the Gospel a crazy fairy tale, a far-too-good-to-be-true myth, an insane extension of wishful thinking, or even a blasphemous lie, I will respect you and argue with you. But if you call it a platitude, I can only pity you, for that means you have never listened to it.
~ Peter Kreeft
It's hopeless to argue with conspiracy theorists, or Flat Earthers. Life is short, irrationality is endless. Spending time and energy engaging with someone who has displayed consistent irrationality is the loss of time that could be spent engaging with more reasonable and honest partners.
~ David Kelley