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Arguments Quotes The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children
I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments
Arguments with furniture are rarely productive
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them
We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments
The common dogma is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for something else. In fact, arguments often serve the purpose of using up energy, so that the couple do not have to take the courageous, creative leap into an unknown they fear. Arguing serves the function of being a zone of familiarity into which you can retreat when you are afraid of making a creative breakthrough.
Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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.
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
Arguments, like men are often pretenders
Arguments derived from probabilities are idle
Use soft words and hard arguments
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation
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