Quotes About Contention

Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.

Argument is to me the air I breathe.

Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.

I do believe, induced by potent circumstances That thou art mine enemy.

What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, That rubbing the poor itch of your opinion Make yourselves scabs?

I didn't want either him or his cousin, I only wanted to be able to rob them in peace.

millions shed their blood or perished in the greatest of all human contentions some twenty years ago. Merciful oblivion draws its veils; the crippled limp away; the mourners fall back into the sad twilight of memory. New youth is here to claim its rights, and the perennial stream flows forward even in the battle zone, as if the tale were all a dream.

Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt.

All is war.

Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.

If they got beef Im the meat cleaver.

I'd agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I'm on the wrong side of the argument." "-Cam Rohan

China believes that it has the rightful claim to a vast portion of the South China Sea, which is claimed by other countries.

All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.

If you're going to have a difference of opinion, I think the difference of opinion should be on a matter of substance.

Now, they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yes, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday.

The spirit of hate, the anti-Christ, is contention, strife, fault-finding, lovers of self, lovers of praise. Those are the anti-Christ, and take possession of groups, masses, and show themselves even in the lives of men.30

I accept there are people out there who don't like me. I don't like them.

I like arguments.

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.

You need something more nourishing than the contents of that glass, Mr. Shaw." His hard gaze met hers. "I know what I need, you presumptuous wench. Now leave, or you're going to get a big eyeful of Gideon Shaw.

I'd agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I'm on the wrong side of the argument.