Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Swift, Jonathan

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

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

2.

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

Fuller, Thomas

3.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

4.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

Saadi

8.

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

9.

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

Prior, Matthew

10.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

14.

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

Joubert, Joseph

15.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

16.

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

Joubert, Joseph

17.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

18.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

19.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

20.

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

21.

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

Publilius Syrus

22.

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

23.

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

G. K. Chesterton

24.

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

25.

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

26.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

27.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

28.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

29.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

32.

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

33.

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

Proverb

34.

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

Whately, Richard

35.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

36.

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

37.

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

38.

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

Dennett, Daniel

39.

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

Pope, Alexander

40.

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

Adler, Larry

41.

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

42.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

43.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

44.

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.

45.

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

Maurois, Andre

46.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

47.

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

48.

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

Voltaire

49.

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

Joseph Farrell

50.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon