Argument Quotes
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No one will believe this, but me and Demi only had one argument during the first three months we were seeing each other and since then we haven't had one. (Quote by - Ashton Kutcher)
I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuble argument in modern politics. (Quote by - Emmeline Pankhurst)
If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. (Quote by - William Godwin)
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own. (Quote by - Sir Thomas Browne)
The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate. (Quote by - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton)
'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch, For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch. (Quote by - Lord Byron)
Much might be said on both sides. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. (Quote by - George Herbert)
Nothing is ever gained by winning an argument and losing a customer. (Quote by - C F Norton)
The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. (Quote by - Walter Landor)
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology were the only two really great subjects. (Quote by - Rt. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone)
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar. (Quote by - Ben Jonson)
He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a Lord may be an owl, A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice, And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees. (Quote by - Samuel Butler 1)
And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation. (Quote by - Robert Burns)
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. (Quote by - Charles J. Ingersoll)
I've heard old cunning stagers Say, fools for arguments use wagers. (Quote by - Samuel Butler 1)
Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. (Quote by - Louis D. Brandeis)
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. (Quote by - Victor Hugo)
Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, "Who do you think you are?" (Quote by - Ray Combs)
The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow. (Quote by - Elizabeth I)
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. (Quote by - Thomas Hardy)
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. (Quote by - John Dryden)
In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument (Quote by - Robert Half)
Wise men argue causes, and fools decide them. (Quote by - Anacharsis)
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. (Quote by - Rebecca West)
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress (Quote by - Joseph Joubert)
Many can argue; not many converse. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)
I've never had an argument with Mike Ruddock over the direction of the team. (Quote by - Scott Johnson)
He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (Quote by - Bobby Robson)
His conduct still right with his argument wrong. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said. (Quote by - Lord Byron)
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. (Quote by - Richard Whately)
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument. (Quote by - Rufus Choate)
When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
I can't wait to see Wayne... I've got him aftershave. (Quote by - Coleen Mcloughlin)
Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore. (Quote by - Samuel Butler 1)
Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went. (Quote by - Omar Khayyam)
When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument. (Quote by - Zsa Zsa Gabor)
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. (Quote by - Winston Churchill)
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. (Quote by - Indira Gandhi)
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading. (Quote by - Seneca)
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. (Quote by - Dale Carnegie)
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. (Quote by - James Russell Lowell)
A silly row which got out of hand. (Quote by - Rebekah Wade)
