#argument

Father sighed. “Please spare me these arguments of yours.” “Whose arguments should I use? ↗

— Franny Billingsley

#humor #humor

He (Larry Summers) can frame arguments with such force and conviction that people think he knows more than he does. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#impressions #rhetoric #education

My father would argue two side of a möbius strip. ↗

— Dan Brown

#math-humor #science-humor #humor

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

— C.S. Lewis

#debate #religion #screwtape #religion

When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cudgels in its defence. If you are deeply convinced of its truth, you will perhaps be content to leave it to take care of itself; or, at all events, you will not go out of your way to push its fortunes; for you will reflect that in the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons. In the long run, we say; it will meanwhile cost you an occasional pang to see your cherished theory turned into a football by the critics. A football is not, as such, a very respectable object, and the more numerous the players, the more ridiculous it becomes. Unless, therefore, you are very confident of your ability to rescue it from the chaos of kicks, you will best consult its interests by not mingling in the game. ↗

— Henry James

#criticism #opinion #truth #respect

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004] ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#debate #discussion #persuasion #shouting #africa

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. ↗

— Thomas Berger

#argument #find #matter #other #people

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. ↗

— Jane Austen

#argument #being #dreadful #favor #matrimony

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#conclusive #does #doubt #experiment #finds