Motivational Quotes

Argument

Debate is the death of conversation.

- Ludwig, Emil

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

2.

True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

Pope, Alexander

3.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

4.

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

5.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

6.

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

Goldsmith, Oliver

7.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

Adler, Larry

8.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

9.

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

Joubert, Joseph

10.

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

11.

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

Dennett, Daniel

12.

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

Fuller, Thomas

13.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

14.

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

15.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

Proverb, Spanish

16.

When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.

Pope, Alexander

17.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

18.

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

19.

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

Swift, Jonathan

20.

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

Joseph Farrell

21.

Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

22.

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

23.

That's the beauty of argument-if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

24.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

25.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

26.

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

Layton, Irving

27.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.

Butler, Samuel

28.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

29.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.

Koch, Edward

30.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

31.

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

Voltaire

32.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

33.

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

34.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

G. K. Chesterton

35.

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

Saadi

36.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

37.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

38.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

39.

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

40.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

41.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

42.

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

Maurois, Andre

43.

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.

44.

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

45.

A sure way of getting the last word in an argument is to say you right.

46.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

47.

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

Proverb

48.

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

49.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

50.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.