Motivational Quotes

Argument

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.

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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

Koch, Edward

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

Pope, Alexander

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

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

Auson

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

Swift, Jonathan

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

Adler, Larry

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

10.

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

11.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

12.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

13.

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

Publilius Syrus

14.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

15.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

16.

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

17.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

20.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

21.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

22.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

23.

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

24.

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

Whately, Richard

25.

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

Voltaire

26.

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

Pope, Alexander

27.

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

28.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

29.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

30.

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.

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Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

32.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

33.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

35.

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

Dennett, Daniel

36.

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

37.

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

Joubert, Joseph

38.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

39.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

40.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

41.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

42.

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

Fuller, Thomas

43.

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

Proverb

44.

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

45.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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.

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

Maurois, Andre

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The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De