Quotes About Debate

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.

I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

It is difficult, none the less, for the ordinary man to cast off orthodox beliefs, for he is seldom allowed to hear the other side... Whereas the Christian view is pressed on him day in and day out.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Men make their own fates - it's personal, not a matter for debate.

Whoever invented God is an idiot. God is absolutely man's worst invention.

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.

Questions about Ethics so perplexing that even a Jesuit couldn't respond without committing a venial sin.

Trying to, you know, persuade others to join our side. Trying to make the other side look bad. Just like the Internet always was.

Se podían haber planteado todo tipo de argumentos filosóficos sobre si ese enfoque era mejor o peor que lo que estaban haciendo en realidad, pero, en el fondo, la filosofía no contaba demasiado.

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game

Be as affronted as you please, just don't volunteer anything. If you see what appears to be an opening in debate, remember that it was ingeniously laid down in front of you by Bolingbroke as coquettes drop handkerchiefs at the feet of men they would ensnare.

The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree.

Let there be no doubt that as they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion.

Or maybe arguing with people you disagree with takes less effort than exploring why they think differently from you.

Don't start an argument with someone thinking they have the same level of knowledge as you on a particular topic.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg, laid by a bird that was not a chicken.