Arguing Quotes - Page 40

• For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'

  George Arthur Buttrick

  Christian, Believe, Men

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• Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world, and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary. You may argue against it but you should no more treat it with disrespect than a perfectly cultivated writer would treat (say) the Catholic Church or the Church of Luther no matter how much he disliked them.

  William Butler Yeats

  Past, Disrespect, Catholic

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• I haven't got the time to sit here arguing with someone whose idea of a coherent foreign policy is what comes up in Google when you type in peace!

  Tony Blair

  Ideas, America, Google

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• Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.

  George Santayana

  Passion, Knowing, Religion

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.159, 谷月社

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• There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist about the word "democracy" - recall that they called what they'd constructed "peoples' democracies." The weird offshoot of ultra-right individualist anarchism that is called "libertarian" here happens to amount to advocacy of perhaps the worst kind of imaginable tyranny, namely unaccountable private tyranny. If they want to call that "libertarian," fine; after all, Stalin called his system "democratic." But why bother arguing about it?

  Noam Chomsky

  Democracy, Want, Libertarian

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• In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual's right to self-defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder - is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise?

  Frederic Bastiat

  Self, Law, Liberty

  Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.14, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Toast is bread made delicious and useful. Un-toasted bread is okay for children's sandwiches and sopping up barbecue sauce, but for pretty much all other uses, toast is better than bread. An exception is when the bread is fresh from the oven, piping hot, with butter melting all over it. Then it's fantastic, but I would argue that bread fresh out of the oven is a kind of toast. Because I'm an asshole and I refuse to be wrong about something.

  Steve Albini

  Children, Hot, Sandwiches

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• Some argue that our success is short-lived and temporary. So, we now need to make efforts to constantly expand the player base by offering services and titles that can appeal, not only to those who have never played games, but also to those who play them hard.

  Satoru Iwata

  Player, Offering, Games

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• Pride does not look up to God and care about what is right. It looks sideways to man and argues who is right. Pride is manifest in the spirit of contention. Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men. Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was not my will, but thine be done

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Life, Pride, Men

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• Some psychologists argue that the idea of God is a response to our emotional needs, but this presumption is backwards. Our emotional fluctuations are a psychological response to our lack of love for God. If God is everything, what else could we possibily want?

  Tarek Saab

  Emotional, Ideas, Catholic

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• Some people would argue the other side: that the business of business is business, and companies should only be focused on profits. But in today's world, I don't think corporations can only be focused on profits, because they are inextricably linked with the communities that they serve. I do not believe you can be a leader in your industry without being a leader in your community. It's a fundamental shift in how you think about business.

  Marc Benioff

  Business, Believe, Thinking

  "On the Record: Marc Benioff". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 8, 2006.

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• People will listen when they're ready to listen and not before. Don't waste time with people who want to argue. They'll keep you immobilized forever. Look for people who are already open to something new.

  Daniel Quinn

  Learning, Knowledge, People

  Daniel Quinn (2009). “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure”, p.189, Broadway Books

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• We argue with our biology, and the result of that argument is civilization.

  Charles Siebert

  Civilization, Argument, Biology

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• Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

  Warren Moon

  Football, Athlete, Player

  "Sorry, Charles, but NBA stars couldn't cut it". Interview with Mike Sando, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.

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• There just isn’t a weak season of 'Breaking Bad.' There’s just superior work, a sprint toward evil that turned into a marathon. But like all big-talker shows that bring their heavy cargo in for a rough and breathlessly observed landing, 'Breaking Bad' didn’t quite leave itself enough runway to satisfactorily end some of its better story lines, especially once the chronology gap closed up between the flash-forwards from last year’s episodes and Sunday night’s conclusion. One could easily argue that there was just too much left to do in this one episode.

  Hank Stuever

  Sunday, Night, Years

  " TV ‘Breaking Bad’ finale: What happened to Walt — and to us" by Hank Stuever, www.washingtonpost.com. September 29, 2013.

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• In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Learning, Skills, Sound

  Oliver Goldsmith, John Mitford (1851). “The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.42

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• Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about - you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Beer, Men, Glasses

  "Natural Law". Harvard Law Review, 1918.

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• Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing

  Dmitry Tursunov

  Girlfriend, Emotional, Umpires

  Twitter post from Mar 10, 2011

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• The text [The Skeptical Environmentalist] employs the strategy of those who, for example, argue ...that Jews weren't singled out by the Nazis for extermination.

  Stuart L. Pimm

  Example, Strategy, Nazi

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• Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Men, Hands, Mind

  Sir Joshua Reynolds (2009). “Seven Discourses on Art”, p.36, The Floating Press

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• No honest man will argue on every side

  Sophocles

  Honesty, Men, Sides

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• Rittner's Computer Law: Never argue with people who write with digital ink and pay by the kilowatt-hour.

  Don Rittner

  Writing, Law, People

  Don Rittner (1999). “The IMac Book”, Coriolis Group

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• Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog.

  Robert Fulghum

  Dog, Names, Fleas

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.135, Ivy Books

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• I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as intellectual and moral cowards.

  William Borah

  Intellectual, Coward, Looks

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• So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Wise, Justice, Usual

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.929, Delphi Classics

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