Quotes About Perspective

True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

Some people have made the argument, well, Donald Trump is bad, but Hillary Clinton may be worse, or there's really no difference. That's insane. That's completely insane.

The Banh Mi sandwich is really the only good argument for colonialism.

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.

I consider the coke a major cause. Of course, you could also make the argument that because cocaine speeds up the heart, it's good for you.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles.

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.

The great charm in argument is really finding one's own opinions, not other people's.

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

Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.

Are you going to win every argument?" He was pretty certain he'd asked her that once before. May be twice. "Only the important ones.

Public discourse requires making an argument for a point of view, not having an argument - as in having a fight.

If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really just taking a position for argument's sake.

First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.