Argument Quotes

My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me.

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

I do not propose to criticize the fatuous argument I have just outlined; here, to expound is to expose.

Scholarship is polite argument.

Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments "smelled of the lamp," replied, "Yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend, do not witness the same labours.

Pythias once, scoffing at Demosthenes, said that his arguments smelt of the lamp.

Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

In excess altercation, truth is lost.

The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.

Agreeing to differ. [Lat., Discors concordia.]

I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the fiction, rather than make an argument or an assertion.

There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.

Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.

Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

I think the basic problem is that everybody thinks they know what the truth is, and sometimes they're even distorting the truth to make their arguments.

We don't have ways of resolving the arguments in idea meritocratic way.

In order to refute a conclusion, you have to put forth the best possible argument for it.

The bicycle is its own best argument. You just get a bike, try it; start going with the thing and using it as it suits you. It'll grow and it gets better and better and better.

The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.

When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

Adrian sifted through the bags and pulled out a slice of coconut cream. "If I were a dragon, this is what I'd go for." I didn't argue, mainly because that statement had no logical argument.

I didn't like having reasonable arguments thrown at me.

The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.

There's an argument that maybe [The Grinder] was better suited for streaming or cable. I don't know. I still like to think there's a place for smart, subversive, original comedies on networks.

Talking with a Martian is like talking with an echo. You don't get argument but you don't get results.

For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.

If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot make it better by piling epithet upon epithet. There is no logic in abuse; there is no argument in an epithet.

Some people make a separate argument about the red light cameras. They say it just changes the type of crash that's most likely to occur at an intersection.

They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener.

Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.

If a woman and a man who have an argument keep talking they keep fighting.

The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the painfulness of life in the absence of faith.

Obviously, anyone in contradiction with authority must possess equivalent knowledge and additional fact in order to sustain his argument.

Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.

Has anyone ever won an argument with you? (Syd) Just Tee, and I was drunk and wounded at the time. (Joe)

I want the tigard. (Varyk) And I want you to leave. Guess who’s going to win this argument? And in case you’re even denser than you appear, it’s not you. (Dev)

I have never agreed with President Bush's argument regarding the axis of evil. Unfortunately, fundamentalists in Iran have used this as an excuse to brand us as allies of Mr. Bush.

There's one argument that says we shouldn't be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you've got to take it case by case.

I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

I have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced my vote.

Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.

Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it "The No Fact Zone.

Trump will not respond to reasoned argument. He will not be held accountable for the things he said. All you can do is point and laugh. Because the devil cannot abide mockery.

Trust, a sense of humor, and don't let the sun go down on an argument without trying to make it up. That's all I know about good marriage. I've been married a long time - it seems to be working.