Arguing Quotes - Page 33

• You might argue that I make the rounds no matter what year it is, but sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a little. They increase the production of bodies and their escaping souls.

  Markus Zusak

  Race, Escaping, Years

  Markus Zusak (2016). “The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.225, Random House

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• Do angels take the Lord's name in vain? The idea is so ridiculous that we scarcely like to ask the question. ... How dare we do that which angels dare not do? Is it possible for us to argue that that which is forbidden in heaven is praiseworthy on earth?

  George Q. Cannon

  Angel, Names, Ideas

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• Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced.

  H. L. Mencken

  Jobs, Men, Depends

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• I tend not to argue about things that I don't believe in.

  Andy Murray

  Believe, Don't Believe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some would argue that the president himself benefited from a form of affirmative action because as a C student, he only got into Yale because his father was a wealthy alumnus. But the White House counters that Saddam is a menace and must be stopped.

  Jon Stewart

  Father, Yale, White

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• I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.

  John Hickenlooper

  Issues, People, Campaigns

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• I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.

  Sean Hannity

  Teacher, Art, Mean

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• I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don't feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.

  Byron Katie

  Spiritual, Hurt, Frustration

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• It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Use, Reason, Medication

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• While I have often said that all men out to be free, yet I would allow those colored persons to be slaves who want to be; and next to them those white persons who argue in favor of making other people slaves. I am in favor of giving an opportunity to such white men to try it on for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Opportunity, Men, White Man

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.362, Wildside Press LLC

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• Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.

  Sarah Lewis

  Motivational, Pain, Punishment

  Sarah Lewis (2014). “The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.

  Wilbur Ross

  Banking, World, Regulation

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• Saying no”, argues the author Kevin Ashton, “has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined. No guards time, the thread from which we weave our creations. The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know.

  Kevin Ashton

  Math, Thinking, Simple

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• And above all, I will argue the necessity for preserving, against all shame, a demanding question of revolution itself, a question about utopia that keeps pushing its way through a field of failed aspirations, like a student at the back of the room who gets suddenly, violently, tired of being invisible.

  Lauren Berlant

  Tired, Way, Rooms

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• People might be making too much of me maturing and growing; I’m still the same person. I still like to joke around and have fun in the locker room and on the road trips. I still get into arguments with Jonathan because we both have strong opinions, and we’re both so comfortable with our relationship that we can argue and still have a healthy friendship.

  Patrick Kane

  Strong, Fun, People

  "Patrick Kane: Scratching the surface". www.nhl.com. November 22, 2011.

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• While silly ni**as argue over who gon' snatch the crown / Look around my ni**a, white people have snatched the sound / This year I'll probably go to the awards dappered down / Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile.

  J. Cole

  Silly, Winning, Awards

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• When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since ancient times. An imperial messenger on the Roman roads could get from Rome to London even faster in A.D. 100 than in 1750. But by 1850, and even more obviously today, all of that has changed.

  Walter Russell Mead

  Fall, Writing, Rome

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• Although such research [into the paranormal] has yet to produce anything in the way of a repeatable controlled experiment, its practitioners argue that its revolutionary potentialities justify its continuation. My own feeling is that after a century of total failure it has become a bloody bore.

  Dennis Flanagan

  Failure, Science, Feelings

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• Why am I arguing with a computer?

  Edge

  Wwe, Computer

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• Arguing with the girlfriend. Mid argument she says "Were you on Monday night Raw last night?" I had no comeback.

  Zack Ryder

  Girlfriend, Monday, Night

  Twitter post from Dec 7, 2010

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• In academia, left-liberalism is so entrenched its advocates' debating skills have gone rusty. When you've been talking to yourself for decades and imposing speech codes on everyone else, your ability to argue coherently - let alone entertainingly - inevitably wanes.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Talking, Skills, Academia

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• People tune in to the Fox News Channel because it was founded on the premise that all sides should be presented fairly. This has upset the 'media establishment' but has made Fox the most powerful name in the news. I'm proud that Hannity & Colmes has contributed to this success, an achievement that has been often dissected by liberal media pundits who argue that Sean is more aggressive than I am and therefore dominates the show.

  Alan Colmes

  Powerful, Media, Names

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• The great secret of success is to go through life as a person who never gets used up. That is possible for those who never argue and strive with people and facts, but in all experience retires upon themselves, and look for the ultimate cause of things in themselves.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Character, People, Secret

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• I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.

  Dalton McGuinty

  Term, Inclination

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• In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side, most likely as punishment for some future liberally minded paper I was bound to write.

  Kami Garcia

  Writing, Punishment, Paper

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