Quotes About Argument

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

He that is not open to conviction, is not qualified for discussion.

You're killing me here, Sage!" "I'm not doing anything." "Exactly my point.

Adrian sifted through the bags and pulled out a slice of coconut cream. "If I were a dragon, this is what I'd go for." I didn't argue, mainly because that statement had no logical argument.

She accused me of wearing pants from the salvation army." "Rose, your pants ARE from the salvation army." "That's SO not the point!

mi querido muchacho, por favor, no discutas! –gritó el señor Wonka–. ¡Es una pérdida de tiempo precioso! Y bien

We're these strange, exotic cocktails of dust and quarks and blood and soul and all that can't be named, containing infinite depth and dimension and spirit, featherless bipeds arguing and dividing ourselves up about all sorts of things that are, in the end, completely meaningless.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.

Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either.

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness, but I don't argue with it—especially as I am rarely in a position to prove that it is mistaken.

Jubal, you talk like a harem guard trying to convince a whole man of the advantages of being a eunuch.

anyone who "won" a family argument had in fact lost it.

Wishing to prove oneself right is the usual motive for scholarship.

So there we are. Aldous Huxley, Dr. Timothy Leary, Dr. John Lilly, philosopher Alan Watts and several other recent theorists have used this metaphor and this argument, usually without knowing that they were echoing Aleister Crowley.

You wanted me to insist. You wanted me to win the argument." "Wanted is too simple," Susan said. She had shifted her gaze from her martini to the ongoing afternoon outside her kitchen window. "I wanted and didn't want. I needed both my autonomy and your protection. By acting the way I did, I managed to have both.

Morgenthau begins his argument by noting that the world "is the result of forces inherent in human nature." And, human nature, as Thucydides pointed out, is motivated by fear ( phobos ), self-interest ( kerdos ), and honor ( doxa ).

The secret enemy, though, will react with anger. Any strong emotion and you will know that there's something boiling under the surface. Often the best way to get people to reveal themselves is to provoke tension and argument.

On the internet, it is easy to find studies that support both sides of an argument. In general, you should never accept the validity of people's ideas because they have supplied "evidence." Instead, examine the evidence yourself in the cold light of day, with as much skepticism as you can muster. Your first impulse should always be to find the evidence that disconfirms your most cherished beliefs and those of others. That is true science.

After luncheon, accordingly, when the other two had settled themselves into the chimney-corner and had started a heated argument on the subject of EELS

When Ranke argued that the external relations, of states determine their internal conditions, his argument had considerable cogency.

I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. —DAVE BARRY

In truth, everyone argues about important issues. But not everyone splits up. It's how you argue that matters.

females will argue with you for 30 minutes then be like , I aint even gonna argue with you!