Motivational Quotes

Argument

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

- Louis D. Brandeis

Best Quotes about Argument

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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

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

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

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

Layton, Irving

10.

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

Proverb, Spanish

11.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

12.

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

Publilius Syrus

13.

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

14.

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

Proverb

15.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

16.

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

Adler, Larry

17.

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

Whately, Richard

18.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

19.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

20.

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

Swift, Jonathan

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Pope, Alexander

25.

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

Saadi

26.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

27.

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

28.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

29.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

30.

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

31.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

32.

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

Joubert, Joseph

33.

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

34.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

35.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

36.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

37.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

38.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

39.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

40.

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

41.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

42.

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

43.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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.

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

Pope, Alexander

46.

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

47.

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

Prior, Matthew

48.

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

Joseph Farrell

49.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

50.

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