Quotes on argument
An argument isn't just contradiction.
Author, Unknown
"There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.
Morrow, James
"Well an argument isn't just contradiction." - Monty Python
Author, Unknown
Never enter into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
Jefferson, Thomas
No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.
Ferguson, Marilyn
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Joubert, Joseph
I have found you an argument I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Boswell, James
At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right.
Unamuno, Miguel de
Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.
Adams, George Burton
"I gave my argument to the judge", Tom said briefly.
Author, Unknown
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
Nietzsche, Friedrich
"This is not a good time, Keiko." "It's not open for debate!"
Author, Unknown
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Brandeis, Louis D.
When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Author, Unknown
"Good morning. I'd like to have an argument, please."
Author, Unknown