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Quotations by Subject: Argument
(Related Subjects: Balance, Agreement, Communication)
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964
My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.: Cathy Ladman
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.: Chinese Proverb
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 (1947 - )
Use soft words and hard arguments.: English Proverb
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), The Gay Science, section 191
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.: Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.: Joseph Farrell
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.: Louis D. Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.: Pierre Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799)
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
The argument is at an end.: Saint Augustine (354 AD - 430 AD)
I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.: William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.: William Lloyd Garrison (1805 - 1879)
For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)


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