Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Koch, Edward

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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

Proverb

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

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

Layton, Irving

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

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

Voltaire

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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

Swift, Jonathan

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

Koch, Edward

11.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

12.

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

13.

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

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

G. K. Chesterton

15.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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

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

Proverb, Spanish

18.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

19.

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

20.

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

Dennett, Daniel

21.

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

22.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

24.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

25.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

26.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

27.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

28.

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

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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

30.

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

Fuller, Thomas

31.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

32.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

33.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

34.

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

Saadi

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

Chinese Proverb

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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

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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

38.

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

39.

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

Antisthenes

40.

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

43.

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

Auson

44.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

45.

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

Pope, Alexander

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

Adler, Larry

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

49.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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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.