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Quotes about Argument

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, US columnist & humorist (1947 - )

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
- Ayn Rand, US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 - 1982)

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
- Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
- Pierre Beaumarchais, French businessman & comic dramatist (1732 - 1799)

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
- Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
- William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
- G. K. Chesterton, English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
- Publilius Syrus, (~100 BC)

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.
- William Lloyd Garrison, US abolitionist & editor (1805 - 1879)

The argument is at an end.
- Saint Augustine, Carthaginian author, saint, & church father (354 AD - 430 AD)

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
- Chinese Proverb

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
- William G. McAdoo, US industrialist, lawyer, & politician (1863 - 1941)

If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.
- Joseph Farrell

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
- Louis D. Brandeis, US jurist (1856 - 1941)

CP 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, Russian-American violinist (1901 - 1987)