Argument Quotes

Pulling out "you always" and "you never" statements from your insult arsenal will further destroy weakened communication.

Those who are convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

I actually hate to argue, but my first reaction when someone contradicts me is to call them stupid; obviously, courtesy and reason dictate that I should demonstrate this first.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.

Ignorance is no argument.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Never express yourself more clearly than you think.

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

False views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.

Audi partem alteram. Hear the other side.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

As so often he had the feeling that an artistic disagreement, almost immaterial to the other person, was going to be the vehicle of something that mattered to him more than he could say.

I think poems work like poems. I think the thing they are closest to is arguments.

There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense