Quotes with argument

Quotes 61 till 80 of 99.

  • Andrea Dworkin The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the other.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Bruno Maag The argument that a serif font is too fussy doesn't cut it anymore. You want a font where the letter forms are not ambiguous.
    Bruno Maag
    Swiss type designer and businessman (1962 - )
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  • Noam Chomsky The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Carroll Quigley The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Winston Churchill The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • William James The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Lord Quintin Hogg Hailsham The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • André Maurois The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Constantin Brancusi The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Barry Eisler The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Sydney Justin Harris 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.
    Sydney Justin Harris
    American journalist (1917 - 1986)
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  • Bill Dedman The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Frederick the Great The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
    Frederick the Great
    King of Prussia (1740-1786) (1712 - 1786)
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  • Carl Sagan The uniqueness of humans has been claimed on many grounds, but most often because of our tool-making, culture, language, reason and morality. We have them, the other animals don't, and - so the argument goes - that's that.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Douglas Jerrold There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • James Russell Lowell 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
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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