Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

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

2.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

3.

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

Koch, Edward

4.

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

Adler, Larry

5.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

9.

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

Proverb

10.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

11.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

12.

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

13.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Joubert, Joseph

14.

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

Dennett, Daniel

15.

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

Fuller, Thomas

16.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

17.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

18.

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

Antisthenes

19.

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

G. K. Chesterton

20.

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

Pope, Alexander

21.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

22.

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

23.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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 usually two sides to every argument but no end.

26.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

31.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

32.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Prior, Matthew

33.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

Lowell, James Russell

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

Swift, Jonathan

38.

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

Pope, Alexander

39.

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

40.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

41.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

42.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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.

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

Voltaire

45.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

46.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

47.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

48.

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

Whately, Richard

49.

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

50.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert