Arguing Quotes - Page 4

• When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Limitation

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• It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

  John Henry Newman

  Believe, Men, Absurd

  'The Usurpations of Reason' (1831), in 'Oxford University Sermons' (1843) no. 4

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• I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with me about my music, probably because it's still too far-out.

  Klaus Schulze

  Giving, Trying, Records

  Interview with Jason Gross, www.furious.com. May 1997.

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• What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

  Paul Farmer

  Should Have, Disease, Dies

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• With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten?

  Marcello Mastroianni

  Mother, Found You, Forgotten

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries.

  Brian Ferneyhough

  Century, Composer, Dialogue

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• If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology

  Clifford Geertz

  Facts, Fit, Anthropology

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• The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.

  Adelaide Anne Procter

  Horse, Men, Thinking

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• If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

  Al-Ghazali

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Islamic

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• The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.

  Vilhjalmur Stefansson

  Age, World, Earth

  Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1927). “The Standardization of Error”, New York : W.W. Norton

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• Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Communication, Two, People

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• I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

  Stephen Leacock

  Funny, Life, Business

  Literary Lapses (1910) "Insurance up to Date"

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• What I argue is that if I'm going to be held accountable for my actions that I should be allowed to record... my actions. Especially if somebody else is keeping a record of my actions.

  Steve Mann

  Records, Action, Should

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• It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.

  Peter Garrett

  Lying, Responsibility, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

  Jerry Harrison

  Thinking, Years, Done

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• Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.

  Tom G. Palmer

  Libertarian, Normal, Circumstances

  Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.36, Cato Institute

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• Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing.

  Paula Abdul

  Crazy, Drive Me Crazy, Stills

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• In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.

  John Yoo

  War, Light, Law

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• When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.

  Sammy Hagar

  Gold, Albums, Found

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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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• 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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• My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.

  Diana Ross

  Father, Want, Problem

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• No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.

  Frank Robinson

  Winning, Player, Thinking

  Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.

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• After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are.

  Frank Rich

  Real, War, Stupid

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