Quotes About Contention

Fustilarian?

You could start an argument in an empty house.

she was "giving him the devil.

Two people may become enemies when their ideas are the same.

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.

When [a man] thinks that he is reasoning he is really disputing, just because he cannot define and divide, and so know that of which he is speaking; and he will pursue a merely verbal opposition in the spirit of contention and not of fair discussion.

And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the rich man, and make a ruler of him, and dishonour the poor man. They

La enemistad entre allegados se llama discordia; entre extraños, se llama guerra.

You might easily be annoyed with me as people are when they are aroused from a doze, and strike out at me;

Though the Congress will have to approve your appointment," Washington went on, frowning a little, "and there's no guarantee as to what those contentious, shopkeeping sons of bitches will do.

Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!

There are some people that just attract violence to them. No matter where they go, they'll find a fight.

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

If you always been my enemy, it's still that way.

While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect.

Must you argue everything ? Yeah. I'm a lawyer.

Some said, John, print it, others said, Not so. Some said, It might do good, others said, No.

If any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies.

Those who want war will find causes, no matter how many of them you take away.

It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.

wagons were circled, accusations were made, insults were hurled, and the nation was once again divided along party lines.

Sun Tzu deja suficientes vías libres para contentar al zorro y mantiene, a la vez, el propósito y la determinación del erizo.

I've always been amused by the contention that brain work is harder than manual labor. I've never known a man to leave a desk for a muck-stick if he could avoid it.

Why is there so much contention in our world?" Thus agitated, Morihei grabbed the tree and single-handedly moved it to its new location. Onisaburo happened to be present as well and said to Morihei, "That is the power of righteous indignation. Channel that tremendous force into the proper activity and you will accomplish wonderful things.