Arguing Quotes - Page 5

• Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

  Saadi

  Wise, Ignorance, Order

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.155, Innovations and Information

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• It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

  Richard Cobden

  War, Doors, Agreement

  Richard Cobden (1870). “Speeches on Questions of Public Policy”, p.4

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• Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs.

  Oliver Kahn

  Games, Complaining, Helping

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• When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language.

  Juan Williams

  Talking, Sound, Limited Time

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• I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.

  James Broughton

  Art, Passion, Wanted

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• Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

  Mary Douglas

  Steps, Next, Scholar

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• And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.

  Karen Hughes

  College, Thinking, Asking Questions

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• He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

  Joseph Conrad

  Wisdom, Intelligence, Sound

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.1113, e-artnow

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• No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

  Jascha Heifetz

  Your Side, People, Intelligence

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• Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.

  Rick Riordan

  Funny, Family, Humorous

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series”, p.111, BenBella Books, Inc.

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  ...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Humorous, People

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• When you're in the Middle of an Argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be Right or be Happy?

  Wayne Dyer

  Happy, Want, Conflict

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• No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Religious, Choices

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• It became the middle finger I couldn’t raise in PR photographs. The mustache became my silent last word in the verbal battles I was losing with higher headquarters on rules, targets, and fighting the war.

  Robin Olds

  War, Fighting, Mustache

  Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus, Robin Olds (2010). “Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds”, p.284, Macmillan

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• Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

  Sam Ewing

  Funny, Frustration, Talking

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  Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Wise, Wisdom

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.153, B&H Publishing Group

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• Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

  John Milton

  Freedom, Giving, Liberty

  'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 34

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• The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Funny, Life, Cute Love

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• The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

  Anne Frank

  Character, Swings, Way

  "The Diary of a Young Girl". Book by Anne Frank, 1952.

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• Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views.

  Sharon Begley

  Inspirational, Views, Overcoming

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• We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.

  David Suzuki

  Nature, Wall, Car

  "Green giants: the eco power list" by Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2011.

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• It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

  Pierre Beaumarchais

  Order, Personality, Understanding

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• The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Kissing, Umpires

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• It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Character

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• Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

  Lori Greiner

  Wine, Glasses, Guy

  FaceBook post by Lori Greiner from Jan 08, 2014

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