Quotes about Arguing

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Votes: 5

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players. Votes: 5

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Votes: 4

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Arguing with a man doesn't work. Votes: 3

Why argue about things you can't prove? Votes: 3

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem. Votes: 3

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance. Votes: 3

Arguing with reality it like trying to teach a cat to bark. Votes: 3

Arguing with a dead man in a lavatory is a claustrophobic experience. Votes: 3

Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views. Votes: 3

The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably. Votes: 3

Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so. Votes: 3

Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives. Votes: 3

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. Votes: 3

Well . . . sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor. Votes: 3

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. Votes: 3

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries. Votes: 3

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Votes: 3

It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges. Votes: 3

Arguing with the girlfriend. Mid argument she says "Were you on Monday night Raw last night?" I had no comeback. Votes: 3

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins. Votes: 3

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. Votes: 3

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately. Votes: 3

Arguing that God doesn't exist would be like people in the 10th century arguing that germs and microbes didn't exist because they couldn't see them. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of it. It's just scratching an itch. Votes: 3

Arguing is a waste of time, because our attitudes need a quantum leap, not our knowledge. Arguing is a sport at best and a bad attitude at worst. Votes: 3

People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet! Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The person and society are yoked, like mind and body. Arguing which is more important is like debating whether oxygen or hydrogen is the more essential property of water. Votes: 3

Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. Votes: 3

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? Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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 Votes: 3

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be"”or to be indistinguishable from"”self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. Votes: 3

What I would argue in my defence is that shows like 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'The X Factor' have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

A judgmental attitude helps neither ourselves nor others. Arguing or preaching rarely changes other people. Even if our opinions are justified, criticizing others usually makes them wary and defensive. And it takes our attention away from our own lives, which we can change. Votes: 3

She sits in the driveway, freezing, for thirty-six minutes. Arguing with herself. Because she thinks she's in love with him too. And there are two ways she can be a fool in love right now. She chooses the harder one. And knocks on the door. Votes: 3

I'm not a critic. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a philosopher. Arguing that punk has run its course is like saying painting ran its course after the Renaissance. Punk is an idea. It's freedom. And it'll be around 200 years from now for the people who want it. Votes: 3

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. Votes: 1

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. Votes: 1

Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person. Votes: 1

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words. Votes: 1

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players. Votes: 1

I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. 'You're fired' is a very strong term. Votes: 1

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other. Votes: 1

Christopher Hitchens was a great warrior, a magnificent orator, a pugilist and a gentleman. He was kind, but he took no prisoners when arguing with idiots. Votes: 1

I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming. Votes: 1

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. Votes: 1

I'd rather laugh - not fuss and fight. You can articulate your point without arguing. When you're arguing constantly, you just need to say, 'You're real cool, but you're not for me.' Votes: 1

My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing. Votes: 1

Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. Votes: 1

Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me. Votes: 1

I was really sad after 'The Avengers' when I realized I was not going to have a part in 'Thor 2' or 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier.' But I'm not arguing with my fantastic plane and my really cool car. Votes: 1

Like the Earth, the Web is a less appealing place than it used to be. If I want attitude and arguing and meanness and profanity and wrong information screamed at me as gospel, I'll get in a time machine and spend Christmas with my family in 1977. Votes: 1

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together. Votes: 1

Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nation's economy and not an exploitative one. Votes: 1

Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying. Votes: 1

Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or not prove them, the record as they create it, and then making a decision that is limited to what the law says on the facts before the judge. Votes: 1

The grammarians are arguing. Votes: 0

Insanity is arguing with reality. Votes: 0

Why am I arguing with a computer? Votes: 0

Without agreement you just have people arguing. Votes: 0

Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing. Votes: 0

I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman! Votes: 0

In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance. Votes: 0

We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town. Votes: 0

To assume that any couple goes without arguing is just nonsense. Votes: 0

There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works. Votes: 0

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you. Votes: 0

Poets arguing about modern poetry: jackals snarling over a dried-up well. Votes: 0

I think if you make a good movie, people walk away arguing. Votes: 0

Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted. Votes: 0

We need to stop arguing about Christ and start living like Christ. Votes: 0

When you argue for free markets, you are arguing against the trend. Votes: 0

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life ... Votes: 0

Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard. Votes: 0

Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy Votes: 0

There's no point in arguing with me- in my mind, I'm always right. Votes: 0

All the arguing in the world won't change the mind of the Umpire. Votes: 0

In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. Votes: 0

In America nature is autocratic, saying, "I am not arguing, I am telling you. Votes: 0

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about. Votes: 0

There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works. Don't bother. Votes: 0

All religious wars are about people arguing over who has the biggest invisible friend. Votes: 0

People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. Votes: 0

Poetry is a man arguing with himself; rhetoric is a man arguing with others. Votes: 0

If you don't have a sense of humor, you'll hurt yourself arguing with me. Votes: 0

I don't mind arguing with myself. It's when I lose that it bothers me. Votes: 0

Which is more stubborn, the love or the two arguing people caught within it? Votes: 0

People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know. Votes: 0

Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided. Votes: 0

When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing. Votes: 0

Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'? Votes: 0

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union Votes: 0

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing. Votes: 0

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes. Votes: 0

Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs. Votes: 0

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity Votes: 0

I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense. Votes: 0

You cannot understand what a person is saying unless you understand who they are arguing with. Votes: 0

Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women. Votes: 0

There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves. Votes: 0

I just know that there are two theories when arguing with women. And neither one works. Votes: 0

Men are handicapped when it comes to arguing, 'cause we have a need to make sense. Votes: 0

Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood. Votes: 0

And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions. Votes: 0

A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well is the chief instrument of cultural change, Votes: 0

Poetry has no investment in anything besides openness. It's not arguing a point. It's creating an environment. Votes: 0

God can be seen Even by the poorest fool, But not by the self-styled, God-arguing Intellectual giants. Votes: 0

Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced. Votes: 0

The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. Votes: 0

Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with us sitting down and arguing that issue that we are a European country. Votes: 0

This is what analysts have calculated. It's a number that's out there and we're not arguing with it. Votes: 0

A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues. Votes: 0

Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place. Votes: 0

The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent. Votes: 0

Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there? Votes: 0

So we should all, me included, stop fighting each other and arguing about our differences on certain policies. Votes: 0

The Republican debate got pretty heated. They spent most of their time arguing over who God called first. Votes: 0

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public. Votes: 0

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history. Votes: 0

Libertarians are constantly arguing with each other who is the most pure libertarian and who is most ideologically pure. Votes: 0

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit. Votes: 0

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Votes: 0

Who killed Chivalry? They need to get their sentencing Meanwhile we arguing and I can't get a sentence in Votes: 0

When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping. Votes: 0

Republican candidates had to appeal to their base, which is by and large elderly white people arguing with empty chairs. Votes: 0

When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own. Votes: 0

I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.' Votes: 0

August. We were arguing. You want love to be like this every day don't you? 92 degrees even in the shade. Votes: 0

Pooh hater,' I muttered under my breath. 'Winnie-the-Pooh was not a koala--why am I even arguing about this with you? Votes: 0

Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist! Votes: 0

Mostly, we argued about who which of us was better at arguing, and particularly about who had won the previous argument. Votes: 0

Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong. Votes: 0

Are you guys really arguing over where to eat dinner?""It's one of the more savage tools in the diplomatic arsenal. Votes: 0

I'm not a policy expert - I am only arguing that there is more to an education than an economic ticket. Votes: 0

If everyone is getting money, no one is getting disrespected, and no one is getting hurt, no one should be arguing. Votes: 0

By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result? Votes: 0

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth. Votes: 0

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower. Votes: 0

If you spend all your time arguing with people who are nuts, you'll be exhausted and the nuts will still be nuts. Votes: 0

I know better than to get in between three women arguing. If you'll remember, the whole Trojan War started over that. (Wulf) Votes: 0

The time for arguing about the powers the people want is over. It's time now to use the powers that we have. Votes: 0

Fighting and arguing amongst brothers are normal. Living together can also cause disagreements. I don't think it will work if there's none. Votes: 0

We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it. Votes: 0

He never had been good at arguing with women; they tapped into pools of resentment over slights that had steeped for years. Votes: 0

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you. Votes: 0

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you. Votes: 0

When your vision is a biblical vision, the people arguing with it are not arguing with you. They are arguing with God. Votes: 0

Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election. Votes: 0

The wisest married men give in early. They get in touch with the wife side of themselves, and that's when they stop arguing. Votes: 0

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat Votes: 0

The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice. Votes: 0

... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species? Votes: 0

God is an idea that people believe in and I spend time arguing with people that subscribe to that idea(man made idea). Votes: 0

My function is not to reassure people. I want to make them uncomfortable. To send them out of the place arguing and talking. Votes: 0

An arguing couple spiraling into negativity and teetering on the brink of divorce is actually mathematically equivalent to the beginning of a nuclear war. Votes: 0

The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students. Votes: 0

I am arguing that climate models are not fit for the purpose of detection and attribution of climate change on decadal to multidecadal timescales. Votes: 0

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place. Votes: 0

The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing. Votes: 0

There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better. Votes: 0

I am not arguing that we should never use legal reform as a tactic. Instead, I argue that it should not be a goal. Votes: 0

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes. Votes: 0

You're arguing that the fragile, rare thing is beautiful simply because it is fragile and rare. But that's a lie, and you know it. Votes: 0

When I think about the future, I'm not necessarily arguing it's going to be better or worse. I'm just saying it's going to be different. Votes: 0

I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right. Votes: 0

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person. Votes: 0

I don't want a gang of shouting, arguing, law-breaking photographers to camp out everywhere we are, all day every day, to continue traumatizing my kids, Votes: 0

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game. Votes: 0

What role did the Internet play in the Egyptian Revolution? People will be arguing about the answer to that question for decades if not centuries. Votes: 0

The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one knew the answer. Votes: 0

People could say a lot of negative things about the apocalypse, but there was no arguing the air quality in Los Angeles had really improved. Votes: 0

I remember my parents quarrelling. They would talk as if they were against each other's ideas about Trotsky, but it was just a couple arguing. Votes: 0

My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money. Votes: 0

One of the first and most difficult steps in a science is to conceive clearly the nature of the magnitudes about which we are arguing. Votes: 0

It's frightening that skepticism has to be a movement, because you're just arguing that reality is reality. What a waste of energy, in a way Votes: 0

Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view. Votes: 0

The only truths worth arguing about are those truths that could prevent or lead to circumstances that may bite us in the rear sooner or later. Votes: 0

If you allow disagreements and arguments to escalate, you are making the bone of contention of whatever you are heatedly arguing about more important than your relationship. Votes: 0

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about. Votes: 0

Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil. Votes: 0

Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care. Votes: 0

To freely bloom that is my definition of success. The question then is, How does arguing with our children advance our goal that our children freely bloom. Votes: 0

Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making. Votes: 0

Most of the time when couples argue, it’s not really about the thing they’re fighting about; there’s a deeper reason why they’re arguing. Votes: 0

The problem when arguing with those who believe in atheistic evolution is that they move goal posts by redefining atheism or evolution or the word 'species.' Votes: 0

You're breaking up, you're getting together, you're changing your life, you're arguing with your parents, you're making terrible mistakes, you're having great triumphs. It's what happens to teenagers. Votes: 0

It should surprise no one that I'm out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along with reasonable regulations and no more. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it. Votes: 0

Lawyers tend to be bright people. They tend to be-much more than many journalists I've encountered-sticklers for detail and accuracy, and they have a logical way of arguing. Votes: 0

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. Votes: 0

The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument. Votes: 0

My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it's a wounded faith. Votes: 0

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State. Votes: 0

Some are arguing that the Democrats should resist at every turn [to Donald's Trump administration], and some Democrats are saying that's the strategy that Democrats should now employ. Votes: 0

Your assignment,' he bellowed at Kelly, 'was to make a persuasive argument. Demanding to know whether detractors of your position are on crack is not arguing persuasively. Votes: 0

I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved. Votes: 0

Smaller movies are great because you don't have to argue with so many people all the time. But really I like arguing so there's a balance either way. Votes: 0

I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music. Votes: 0

Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox. Votes: 0

Human beings understand themselves and shape their futures by arguing and challenging and questioning and saying the un-sayable, not by bowing the knee whether to gods or to men. Votes: 0

Personal improvement is like sitting in a movie theater, arguing with the villain projected on the screen, and feeling that at least we have tried to make things better. Votes: 0

We were arguing about what was good to deal with making education fairer, diverse and more American. We were not arguing about where black scientists get a good education. Votes: 0

I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea. Votes: 0

The skilful disputant well knows that he never has his enemy at more advantage than when, by allowing the premises, he shows him arguing wrong from his own principles. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent. Votes: 0

What is the flesh and blood compounded ofBut a few moments in the life of time?This prowling of the cells, litigious love,Wears the long claw of flesh-arguing crime. Votes: 0

The national debate on health-care reform wildly misses the mark, with Democrats and Republicans alike arguing about who's going to pay rather than about what would actually make people healthy. Votes: 0

I'm sure my parents must be proud. Or horrified. Or are bitterly arguing about whether they're proud or horrified, and have already hired lawyers to resolve the dispute. -Hayden Upchurch Votes: 0

When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language. Votes: 0

One of the marvelous things about Churchill is that whatever he was doing, whether fighting or arguing or despairing or bouncing about full of energy, jokes are never far away. Votes: 0

I'm arguing for progressive positions on behalf of a progressive administration in front of a court who, before Justice [Antonin] Scalia's death, had a conservative majority that was quite conservative, frankly. Votes: 0

As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed. Votes: 0

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself. Votes: 0

Writing about unknown people means I spend a lot of time arguing to the reader about why it's worth knowing about them. That's challenging, but then the piece is pure discovery. Votes: 0

When you argue against Him you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all: it is like cutting off the branch you are sitting on. Votes: 0

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride. They have yielded to the perennial temptation. Votes: 0

Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about. It's as pointless that arguing that the sun is hot. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. Votes: 0

I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news as enjoyable, the same way that I view watching basketball. Votes: 0

I love arguing. I always say that I'll never win a physical battle, but I can always win a mental battle. I mean, not really, because I never really argue with anyone. Votes: 0

A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing with them, relying on them to recall information for us. Votes: 0

I had been dreaming a complicated dream about helping poets revise their poems, so that each ending would open like a flower. I was not arguing, but engaged in a rousing discussion. Votes: 0

There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works. Will Rogers The reason that there are so few women comics is that so few women can bear being laughed at. Votes: 0

Why does this person who is sitting behind a desk and never watches cartoons is arguing about what cartoons should be like. Its so creepy realizing that this person is a lunatic. Votes: 0

Everything is as it is at any moment. There's no way of arguing, because you are arguing with reality - the isness of this moment. You can argue with it, but that's suffering. Votes: 0

For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay. Votes: 0

What I am arguing, in effect, is that the full democratic system of the second half of the fifth century B.C. would not have been introduced had there been no Athenian empire. Votes: 0

Sure, I liked girls but I was always too terrified to speak to them unless we were arguing or I was calling them stupidos, which was one of my favorite words that year. Votes: 0

To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"]. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Facts mean little compared to attitudes. To contradict rumor or sentiment is as futile as arguing against a believer's faith in the Immaculate Conception. You have simply become a victim of faith, Comrade Assistant. Votes: 0

Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies. Votes: 0

In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with monkeys, or Galileo when he argued that the Earth spins on its axis. Votes: 0

When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets. Votes: 0

If you delve into and a part of the political wars, the - as I would call it, the arguing ad infinitum. It never ends, and very few people I've noticed ever change their mind. Votes: 0

Where I came from, just nodding and smiling when someone expressed views was the ultimate insult. If people weren't yelling about politics in our house then they were arguing about music, or movies, or food. Votes: 0

I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence, all propositions of faith, because they lack rational demonstration, must conflict with reason. Votes: 0