Arguing Quotes

• Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 30, 2016

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  Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

  Edward Gibbon

  Respect, Life And Love, Mistake

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• Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Time, Integrity, Insperational

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius (Book X, Chapter 16), circa 170.

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• He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Anger, Noise, Argument

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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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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• I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.

  James Joyce

  Writing, Way, Busy

  James Joyce, Jeri Johnson (2008). “Ulysses”, p.10, Oxford Paperbacks

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• Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

  Peter Jennings

  Scholar

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Memorable

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Character, Knows, Better Than You

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

  Sam Ewing

  Funny, Frustration, Talking

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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 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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• Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity.

  John Lennon

  Jesus, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  Interview with Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, March 04, 1966.

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• And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership.

  Chris Chocola

  Ownership, Force, Universe

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

  Michael Ondaatje

  Character

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• I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did

  Julian Clary

  Thinking, Tarts

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• The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent.

  Peter Camejo

  Running, Thinking, People

  "Raw Data: Foxnews.com Interviews Peter Camejo". Foxnews.com Interview, www.foxnews.com. February 17, 2004.

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• Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.

  Charlie Trotter

  Thinking, Ideas, Important

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• Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective.

  J. Philippe Rushton

  Race, Arbitrary, Definitions

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• I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive.

  Chaim Potok

  Reading, Order, Alive

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