Quotes by Argument Inclination snatches arguments To make indulgence seem judicious choice. George Eliot indulgenceargumentchoices The reductio ad absurdum is God's favorite argument. George Tyrrell absurdityadsargument Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility. Gerry Spence argumentcredibilityfeelings Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences. George Will argumentdrydust The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument. Gerry Spence argumentarguingart Arguments do not erase prejudice any more than arguments erase scars, whether psychological or physical. Gerry Spence scarargumentprejudice We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves. Gerry Spence argumentsourcesuccessful Without argument the species would parish. Gerry Spence parishspeciesargument Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. George Santayana advertisingargumentreligion Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . . Gioachino Rossini argumentsilenceanswers Argument is to me the air I breathe. Gertrude Stein argumentbreatheair Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty. George Washington argumentmodestyhumble Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. George Orwell argumentifsfound You explain right well, and you shew that you understand argument and are not a mere sophist since you accept that which cannot be denied. Giordano Bruno argumentatheismaccepting Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. George Santayana argumentweaponsenemy I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else. Glenn Greenwald argumentindependencesides The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. Gilbert K. Chesterton discussionargumenthate The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great a mental force as the direct sequence. George Eliot argumentmindlying ... the majority of us scarcely see more distinctly the faultiness of our own conduct than the faultiness of our own arguments, orthe dulness [sic] of our own jokes. George Eliot argumentmajorityjokes An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition... A contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says." No, it's not. Graham Chapman argumentcontradictionconnected«56789101112131415»
