If one has to say, in an argument, “I am intelligent! I do know things!” then one might as well stop arguing.

A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.

I’ve spent a life-time attacking religious beliefs and have not wavered from a view of the universe that many would regard as bleak. Namely, that it is a meaningless place devoid of deity.However I’m unwilling...

Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.

Prayer is the safest method of replying to a word of hatred.

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.

The great masters of modern analysis are Lagrange, Laplace, and Gauss, who were contemporaries. It is interesting to note the marked contrast in their styles. Lagrange is perfect both in form and matter, he is...

The shallow social and political alternatives bequeathed to contemporary western society by the Enlightenment and its aftermath, in which every issue stands either to left or to the right on some hypothetical spectrum, and every...

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.

The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

I have witnessed how the power of listening, storytelling and embracing gray areas breaks through the rigid ‘us vs. them.

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.

We got into an argument over the color of love. I said it was pink, and he said it was red. So you see, I had no other choice but to stab him.

We don’t want this argument to be obscured by those who would suggest that anyone who is for more and more government power is somehow on the side of the right, and those who are...

I had a scimitar at my throat. I’d like to see you try signaling under those conditions.”-Janco and Ari bickering

Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons – you really can choose to stop.

An intelligent man will use a book to settle an argument. Preferably a hardback with a thick spine, flat across the bridge of the nose.

I tend to believe, when you’re in a relationship, if you don’t fight, it’s not a real relationship. You have to have arguments and tensions, otherwise I don’t believe it.

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

Silence is an arguement hard to refute

Every rock-thrower needs something to stand on to have any accuracy or do any damage with the rocks.

It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty...

Argumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two persons engaged in dialogue, (2) the relationship between the two...

Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. Not because of any alleged anachronism in the old ideas – the Beatitudes remain the essential statements of the Western code – but because...

I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father’s paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father’s hand. “What’s this?” he asked, raising a brow. “You’ll need...

A fight like this was stunning, revealing not just how much he was on the lookout for enemies, but how she too was unable to abandon argument which escalated into rage. Neither of them would...

Many things in this period have been hard to bear, or hard to take seriously. My own profession went into a protracted swoon during the Reagan-Bush-Thatcher decade, and shows scant sign of recovering a critical...

The God excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.

They’re going to try to make an argument that simply cutting wages, slashing benefits, etc., is not the only way to go. Whether the bankruptcy judge buys that remains an open question.

When (an advocate) is not thoroughly acquainted with the real strength and weakness of his cause, he knows not where to choose the most impressive argument. When the mark is shrouded in obscurity, the only...

People will say,”there’s heaven and hell”, and they take it so serious that they look so sorrowful with penitence. I would rather ask them to show me the route that leads to heaven or hell.

God’s existence needs to be established independently before he can be brought into account for causation; it cannot be assumed at the start.

De Bono argues that the West’s tradition of settling disagreement by debate or argument is an example of overreliance on logic.

Instead of seeing how much pain I can dish out towards those I disagree with, or who I believe have done me wrong, I seek to follow the golden rule and use my words and...

It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a proof that religion is true. That would be an extension of...

I had a dream about you. I said green was blue and yellow, and you said green was yellow and blue. You were like that with everything I said, taking the exact opposite stance, yet...

Their argument is extremely dangerous in the long term because it can be used to justify all kinds of things that I’m sure neither the president nor the attorney general has thought about. …The American...

There’s no argument for a quick spate of booking profits on the week as we’re sitting close to current lows, but the diminishing prospect of a rate cut in the UK combined with improving cash...

When was the last time you lost an argument?”He pretended to think about it. Then, leaning down, he whispered in her ear, “A few hours ago when you refused to stop the car and crawl...

Has anyone ever told you that you’re unbearably rude?” she returned, facing him again.”Why, yes. You have on several occasions, as I recall. If you care to apologize for that, however, I’ll be happy to...

Just consider how terrible the day of your death will beOthers will go on speaking and you will not be able to argue back

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world

Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of the natural and social world. This methodology is characterized, above...

Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their...

She said she was a loser, and I argued she was a winner. I won the argument, thus losing the argument because my winning made her a loser.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

Kenny, when’s the last time you had a physical,” Roddy asks.”What’re you…the designated driver of my life?””Mad Dog House

Culturally, one of the best arguments we can make is, wait and see.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.