Quotes About Argument

The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue, for example, that millions of children could and should be vaccinated.

Some of my colleagues argue that by further curtailing our Second Amendment rights, they can enhance public safety. Fine, the burden of proof is on them.

I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation.

It's always a tough call deciding whether, as a scientist, you should argue publicly with the creationists. It's a dilemma that I encounter frequently in another subject area: Does it make sense to bandy words with someone from the UFO community?

There has long been an argument in New York about what, exactly, the purpose of book awards ought to be. One model sees them as a celebration of the unquestioned best and brightest, a triumphal parade for marquee authors who have published in a given year.

I got into an argument with my original publisher. They wanted me to do 'Kitty' and nothing else. I wanted to do lots of things, not just 'Kitty' books.

A lot of people pulled me up after 'Trainspotting' for its absence of politics, but the argument I make is that the absence of politics is political as well.

Some in favour of Brexit are so fixated on leaving the E.U., they keep arguing that any attempt to change it is some form of sabotage.

I cannot do confrontation. You know that fight or flight thing? I'm flight. I just don't want the argument.

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.

Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.

He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.

I don't mind arguing back and forth with people who have actual information.

When you're arguing with a fool, you're the fool for even going back and forth.

Life comes forth for no other reason than to be and make more life. It will fight and crawl and do anything in its power to live, and once alive, it will stand against all to remain alive. Its existence is its own argument.

From the perspective of what happened with Celtic people might argue that I didn't have the experience for another big job but I don't think my experience with Celtic explains why I couldn't get a job in the fourth division.

Canberra can be a bit of a debating society from time to time.

The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through history and through the rise of American power. And to some degree, it probably is.

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

I'm not done arguing with you, Mrs.Fletcher. I'm going to convince you yet. Well I reckon I got ten or twenty more years in me before I pass on, Granny told him. So feel free to take your time.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

Când crezi în anumite cuvinte, crezi în argumentele lor ascunse. Când crezi c? un lucru este corect sau greÈ™it, adev?rat sau fals, crezi în ipotezele conÈ›inute în cuvintele care exprim? argumentele. Asemenea ipoteze sunt deseori pline de lacune, îns? ele au preÈ›ioasa calitate de a fi conving?toare.