#argument

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument. ↗

— Robert Half

#convincing #win #yourself

Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one. ↗

— Lord Halifax

#argument #good #seldom #without

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#author #challenges #emotional #explain #film

I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#business #business owners #economic #economic growth #growth

For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn. ↗

— William Banting

#argument #articles #beans #beneficial #certain

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding. ↗

— James Boswell

#argument #find #found #i #i am

If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure. ↗

— John Bright

#argument #balance #balance of power #never #peace

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners. ↗

— Richard Carlson

#both #else #end #often #someone

Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues. ↗

— Evan Davis

#become #every #good #good way #issue

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

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