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There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead. — Bertrand Russell

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable. — Joseph Addison

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight. — J.P. Donleavy

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments. — Oscar Wilde

If you can win an argument by stretching your lips for a smile, why open your mouth and lose it. — Sukant Ratnakar

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. — Frederick Douglass

We must reinforce argument with results. — Booker T. Washington

With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument. — Theophile Gautier

I myself am more ready to distort a fine saying in order to patch it on to me than to distort the thread of my argument to go in search of one. [A] — Michel De Montaigne

In reality, the only necessary argument against believing in God is simply that there is no evidence that any gods exist. An — Armin Navabi

Waking up is the strongest argument for full-blown misanthropy. — M.J. Nicholls

Logical reasoning is an argument which we have with ourselves and which reproduces internally the features of a real argument. — Jean Piaget

The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people. — Napoleon Hill

Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't? - Damon — L.J.Smith

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. — Louis D. Brandeis

With all the arguments and discussions about the Vietnam War, what did the visual image do? It ended the war. — Cornell Capa

I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things. — Marilynne Robinson

It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument. — Mehmet Oz

Part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument — Julius Lester

I'm sure the 'I wouldn't fuck a murder conspirator' argument wins over many an internal affairs review board. Bring him in. It'll be in your favor. — Benjamin R. Smith

It is not a persuasive argument that an evil should continue because it has existed in the past. — William H. Hastie

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad. — Marilyn Vos Savant

You never win an argument until they attack your person. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Maybe I'm strange and perverse, but I've always thought there was something sexy about a compelling argument. — Therese Doucet

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. — Stephen Leacock

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so. — Michael Palin

For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. — Margaret Heffernan

In every argument there is a discovery of truth and a bed of success. — Auliq Ice

Begging everyone's pardon," said Big Konar, "but it ain't polite to have an argument if nobody else knows what the fuck you're arguing about. — Scott Lynch

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments. — Herbert V. Prochnow

He who threatens us will find us deaf to his threats. We are willing to listen only to rational arguments. — Menachem Begin

Without argument the species would parish. — Gerry Spence

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it. — Rafael Nadal

Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation. — Mason Cooley

Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place. — Samuel Johnson

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. — Paul Harvey

To a certain extent, Ruef's and Burt's research is a validation of the celebrated "strength of weak ties" argument first proposed by Mark Granovetter, — Steven Johnson

My argument is: keep the bloody bottom line at the bottom. That's where it should be. — Anita Roddick

As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing. — Johann Most

You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into. — Ben Goldacre

To excel in the art of domestic argument, one must master the art of losing. — Gerry Spence

First you win the argument, then you win the vote. — Margaret Thatcher

De Bono argues that the West's tradition of settling disagreement by debate or argument is an example of overreliance on logic. — Steve Volk

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Prophet stared at the duct tape around his wrists. "I have no argument against that at the moment. — S.E. Jakes

find that if in a hurry, it is always better to acquiesce with my wife than to make an argument. — Derrick Belanger

Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address. — Emily Yoffe

my favorite is the cosmological argument. But cosmological and teleological arguments don't touch people where they live. The — William Lane Craig

The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that. — Karl Barth

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty. — George Washington

When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument. — C.S. Forester

There is nothing like instances to grow hair on a bald-headed argument. — Mark Twain

The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first. — Richard Carlson

A good life is a main argument. — Ben Jonson

I never remember my parents having an argument. — Brunello Cucinelli

argument often turns petty, regardless of its import. — Robert J. Crane

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

If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person — Oscar Wilde

Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking. — Ann Landers

People rid the room of argument until they have no one left - except people who agree with them. It is understandable. But I like a good argument. — Bono

Mostly, we argued about who which of us was better at arguing, and particularly about who had won the previous argument. — Chuck Klosterman

The argument that a particular project will be "self-financing" is usually the first refuge of politicians defending the indefensible. — George F. Will

The fact that he was still smiling was either a testament to his training or an argument in favor of stimulants. — Mira Grant

However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough. — David Berlinski

Argument is the worst sort of conversation. — Jonathan Swift

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction. — Sean O'Casey

Silence is an arguement hard to refute — Anonymous

You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble. — Steve Harvey

An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument. — John B. S. Haldane

The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening. — Evan Esar

The best argument for anarchism is the twentieth century. — Joseph Sobran

The writings of leading ID proponents reveal that the designer postulated by their argument is the God of Christianity. — John E. Jones III

Avoid Arguments Like Rattlesnakes And Earthquakes — Dale Carnegie

I cannot do confrontation. You know that fight or flight thing? I'm flight. I just don't want the argument. — Jennifer Saunders

Arguments do not erase prejudice any more than arguments erase scars, whether psychological or physical. — Gerry Spence

How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! — Walt Whitman

Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. — Deepak Chopra

Arguing with the girlfriend. Mid argument she says "Were you on Monday night Raw last night?" I had no comeback. — Zack Ryder

We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves. — Gerry Spence

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct. — Samuel Johnson

I'd agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I'm on the wrong side of the argument."
"-Cam Rohan — Lisa Kleypas

Win through your actions, never through argument. — Robert Greene

Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons - you really can choose to stop. — Nigel Warburton

If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth. — Charles R. Swindoll

One example is worth a thousand arguments. — William E. Gladstone

When I'm down, I talk to myself a lot. I look crazy because I'm constantly having an argument with myself. — Serena Williams

The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers. — Steve Maraboli

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth. - Bene Gesserit Precept I — Brian Herbert

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. — Criss Jami

Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each of the contestants more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right. — Dale Carnegie

Faith never makes herself her own plea, she rests all her argument upon the blood of Christ. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Truth springs from argument amongst friends. — David Hume

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

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. — Bill McKibben

Arguing is a waste of time, because our attitudes need a quantum leap, not our knowledge. Arguing is a sport at best and a bad attitude at worst. — Stefan Emunds

A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine. — Euripides

Faith was the excuse you used if you didn't have a good argument. — Robert Fritz

Take caution when declaring war because you may believe it will be easy, but war will always end in despair. — Anonymous

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters. — Leon Kass

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress (Joseph Joubert). — David Webb

History is, indeed, an argument without end. — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.