Motivational Quotes

Argument

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

- Chesterton, Gilbert K.

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Chinese Proverb

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

Whately, Richard

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Adler, Larry

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.

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

Pope, Alexander

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

10.

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

11.

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

Proverb

12.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

13.

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

14.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

15.

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

Koch, Edward

16.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

17.

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

G. K. Chesterton

18.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

19.

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

Antisthenes

20.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

21.

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

Auson

22.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

23.

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

24.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

25.

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

26.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

27.

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

Proverb, Spanish

28.

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

Publilius Syrus

29.

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

30.

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

31.

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

32.

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

Joubert, Joseph

33.

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

Swift, Jonathan

34.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

35.

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

Voltaire

36.

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

37.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

38.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

39.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

40.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

41.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

42.

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Bacon, Roger

43.

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

44.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

45.

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

Joseph Farrell

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

50.

The argument is at an end.