Argument

• The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964
• My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.- Cathy Ladman
• He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument. - Chinese Proverb
• I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. -Dave Barry (1947 - )
• Use soft words and hard arguments.- English Proverb
• The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), The Gay Science, section 191
• The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
• 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 (1901 - 1987)
• If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself. - Joseph Farrell
• Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. - Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
• Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. - Louis D. Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
• Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing. - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
• It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.- Pierre Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799)
• In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth. Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
• The argument is at an end. - Saint Augustine (354 AD - 430 AD)
• It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. - William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
• With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
• For they are yet ear-kissing arguments. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)