Arguments Quotes

We seldom learn much from someone with whom we agree.

Blame the economy, blame bad luck, blame my parents, blame your parents, blame the Internet, blame people who use the Internet.

We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Our community deserves leaders who should know what debates and arguments are better conducted out of the public eye, instead of dumping their baskets of dirty laundry all over the internet. Our community deserves leaders who do not put political expedience or convenience before their commitments to those they supposedly represent. Our community deserves leaders who do not make about-turns on issues such as freedom of speech and accountability to the community they serve when it becomes too embarrassing for them, or too uncomfortable. Our community deserves leaders who can and want to work together, not fling their handbags at each other, hissing like drama queens.

If you can't win by reason, go for volume.

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.

We as Christians are called to battle. The problem is, we don’t fight about the right things and we do fight about the wrong things. We aren’t getting in the battle that we should and so we fight over petty, insignificant things. Why? Because we are bored. We are soldiers created for fighting against the enemy, Satan, but instead we fight against each other.

The key to holding a logical argument or debate is to allow oneself to understand the other person’s argument no matter how divergent their views may seem.

When we quarrel how we wish we had been blameless.

What did the Romans say? “De gustibus non est disputandum”: It is worthless to discuss personal taste. It is called 'personal' for a reason.

If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.

We usually learn from debates that we seldom learn from debates.

Still, we've attempted to argue when necessary; you've got to be able to let loose and even lose your temper a bit if you're finding it hard to breathe. Closeness has to be like running water; it mustn't stagnate and sour.

Being snappy is a symptom of an argument we forgot to have some way back.

The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say, if only we had the guts.

There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind.

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

Is it me you're describing, or yourself?