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Quotes About Argument

The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War' upon re-election, received its most farcical treatment in Oliver Stone's 'JFK.'
~ Rick Perlstein
Just don't ask me to stand up with you at the wedding, as I have no desire to be a hypocrite." "No, just an ass," came Lillian's murmur. Low-spoken as the words were, it appeared that Westcliff had heard. His dark head whipped around, and he met Lillian's deliberately innocent expression with a threatening scowl. "As for you-" "We're all agreed, then," Simon interrupted, preventing what surely would have evolved into a prolonged argument.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Clearly there was no headway to be made in an argument when one's opponent was insane.
~ Lisa Kleypas
I'll come to an agreement with Severin as quickly as possible. It would be easier if he left negotiations to his director, but for some reason he's decided to handle it himself." "As we both know, Severin loves nothing more than to argue with his friends." "Which explains why he doesn't have more of them.
~ Lisa Kleypas
por Dios, no discutas con un regalo que el destino te ha dado.
~ Lisa Kleypas
I found myself scooting behind the coffee table like the outraged virgin in some Victorian melodrama. "Jack, this isn't a good time. I'm really tired and I'm not thinking straight." "That's what makes it a great time. If you were rested and sober, it'd be a hell of a lot harder to argue with you." -Ella & Jack
~ Lisa Kleypas
You smell like a train." "With an extended smokestack," he rejoined, following at her heels. Annabelle snorted derisively. "If you're trying to be amusing, don't bother. I'm furious with you.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Fustilarian?
~ Lisa Kleypas
Civil debate is a healthy and democratic process. If one cannot make one's point without yelling, name-calling, or insulting others, one should develop a stronger argument before speaking further.
~ Unknown
An unenthusiastic chorus responds, "We encourage vigorous debate. Civil debate is a healthy and democratic process. If one cannot make one's point without yelling, name-calling, or insulting others, one should develop a stronger argument before speaking further.
~ Unknown
We encourage vigorous debate. Civil debate is a healthy and democratic process. If one cannot make one's point without yelling, name-calling, or insulting others, one should develop a stronger argument before speaking further.
~ Unknown
healthy and democratic process. If one cannot make one's point without yelling, name-calling, or insulting others, one should develop a stronger argument before speaking further.
~ Unknown
In short, herein seems to lie the difference between idiots and madmen, that madmen put wrong ideas together, and so make wrong propositions, but argue and reason right from them: but idiots make very few or no propositions, and reason scarce at all.
~ Unknown
Solberg; nature's greatest argument against cloning.
~ Lois Greiman
Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one.
~ Lord Halifax
Whatever it sounds like, it's not irrefutable proof he did this. And it could play with a jury. Klister is good. We'll need better.
~ Unknown
You could start an argument in an empty house.
~ Jill Shalvis
We going to argue about this?" he asked. "Don't we argue about everything?" "Good point," he said. "Let's settle this one like adults— in the bedroom, naked.
~ Jill Shalvis
When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of formulaic, genre writing drone, just to prove to her how awful it would be, I wrote the first book of the Dresden Files.
~ Jim Butcher
Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move it from an indefensible point and to attack the opponent. ~ Lord Aquitainus Attis ~ Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
~ Jim Butcher
I nodded and sipped my own. Wow. Mac's beer is an excellent argument that there is a God, and that furthermore, He wants us to be happy.
~ Jim Butcher
I liked it way better when I could just be openly defiant, rather than being forced to resort to reason.
~ Jim Butcher
It's tough for magic to argue with physics, most of the time.
~ Jim Butcher
she was "giving him the devil.
~ Unknown