Argument Quotes

• The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

  Dale Carnegie

  Sweet, Grandchildren, Way

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Even if I was a bad right wing guy, to the extent of whether my arguments are right or wrong, they're right or wrong independently if I'm right or left.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  Wings, Guy, Right Wing

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact.

  Stanley Fish

  Should Have, Choices, Pro Life

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• If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Interesting, Ignorant, Ifs

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• Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

  Sidney Hook

  Answers, May, Opponents

  Sidney Hook (2002). “Sidney Hook on Pragmatism, Democracy, and Freedom: The Essential Essays”, Pyr Books

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• Notwithstanding these major arguments the wave theory initially did not meet with complete acceptance.

  Max von Laue

  Acceptance, Wave, Theory

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• Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

  Giordano Bruno

  Truth, People, Majority

  "Life and Teachings of Giordano Bruno: Philosopher, Martyr, Mystic 1548 - 1600". Book by Coulson Turnbull, 1913.

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• He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Anger, Noise, Arguing

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

  Victor Hugo

  Strong, Intellectual, Bitter Words

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• As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Yield, Giving, Mind

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• My parents only had one argument in 45 years. It lasted 43 years.

  Cathy Ladman

  Marriage, Couple, Years

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• No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic.

  George Henry Lewes

  Logic, Judgment, Tendencies

  "Problems of Life and Mind, First Series: The Foundations of a Creed". Book by George Henry Lewes. Volume 1, p. 7, 1874.

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

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philosophy, Way, Causes

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.205, Vintage

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• Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.

  Edward de Bono

  Learning, Knowledge, Management

  Edward De Bono (1991). “I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic”, Penguin Group USA

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

  Rose Kennedy

  Views, Dear

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• Overly focused, it's far from the time to rest now. Debates growin bout who they think is the best now

  Drake

  Time, Determination, Thinking

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• Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Mr. Justice Brandeis, Great American". Book by Irving Dilliard, 1941.

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Memorable

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

  Dale Carnegie

  Explanation, Seems

  Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie (1977). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  James Russell Lowell

  Philosophical, Destiny, Grieving

  'Democracy and other Addresses' (1887) 'Democracy'

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• Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.

  Omar Khayyam

  Doctors, Doors, Saint

  Omar Khayyam (2015). “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”, p.19, Booklassic

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• Argument is the worst sort of conversation.

  Jonathan Swift

  Wisdom, Communication, Opinion

  Jonathan Swift (1998). “The Sayings of Jonathan Swift”, p.21, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

  Joseph Addison

  Love, Heart, Mouths

  Joseph Addison (1811). “The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison”, p.22

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• When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

  Nhat Hanh

  Love, Meaningful, Positive Thinking

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• If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

  Al-Ghazali

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Islamic

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