Motivational Quotes

Argument

Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

Publilius Syrus

2.

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

3.

I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.

Shakespeare, William

4.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

5.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

6.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

7.

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

Dennett, Daniel

8.

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Pierre Beaumarchais

9.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

10.

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

11.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

12.

Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.

Whately, Richard

13.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

Auson

14.

Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

15.

It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.

Colton, Charles Caleb

16.

An argument is like a country road, you never know where it is going to lead.

17.

If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.

Joseph Farrell

18.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Howe, Edgar Watson

19.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

Harris, Sidney J.

20.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

21.

Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.

Proverb

22.

There are usually two sides to every argument but no end.

23.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Saadi

24.

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

25.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Acton, Lord

26.

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

Friedrich Nietzsche

27.

If you argue with a woman and win, you lose.

28.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

Sarton, May

29.

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

30.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

31.

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

32.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

33.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

34.

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

35.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

36.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

Layton, Irving

37.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Jefferson, Thomas

38.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Maurois, Andre

39.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.

Joubert, Joseph

40.

Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.

Fuller, Thomas

41.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

42.

Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.

Voltaire

43.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.

Swift, Jonathan

44.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

Whately, Richard

45.

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

Emmons, Nathaniel

46.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about

Benchley, Robert

47.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Cicero, Marcus T.

48.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

Franklin, Benjamin

49.

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

Chinese Proverb

50.

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first; but if the strife continues long, usually both become guilty.

Fuller, Thomas