Argument Quotes

“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men... and the fools know it.”

“My argument is not that Darwinism is wrong in every detail, but that it is fundamentally a philosophical doctrine, not a scientific one.”

“Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.”

“Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.”

“Discussion: a method of confirming others in their errors.”

“No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.”

“In a world of soundbites, a genuine argument is a revolutionary act.”

“The more arguments you win, the less friends you'll have.”

“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.”

“Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory.”

“That dog won't hunt.”

“The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.”

“It's hard to argue against logic and facts, but it's impossible to argue against stupidity.”

“Almost anything can be attacked and almost anything can be defended.”

“Arguments of convenience are apt to be slippery.”

“The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.”

“The great argument for theism is that you can't argue with it.”

“When you are arguing with a person who is willing to be convinced, you are not arguing with him, you are only making an inventory of the facts for his use.”

“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.”

“A man who is over-eager to be in the right is already in the wrong.”