#argument

I don't necessarily want kids. A lot of our friends are having children and I don't know if it's for me. I haven't come down hardcore on either side of the argument. I think when people come from a stable family having children becomes a celebration and I'm not sure it would be that way for me. ↗

— Jon Hamm

#becomes #celebration #children #come #down

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release. ↗

— John Forbes Nash, Jr.

#argument #attempting #basis #eight #five

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics. ↗

— Emmeline Pankhurst

#broken #modern #most #pane #politics

Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ↗

— William Wycherley

#confound #court #enough #intricate #question

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. ↗

— Rebecca West

#argument #art #artist #audience #authentic

Don't bother to argue anything on the Internet. And I mean, ANYTHING.... The most innocuous, innocent, harmless, basic topics will be misconstrued by people trying to deconstruct things down to the sub-atomic level and entirely miss the point.... Seriously. Keep peeling the onion and you get no onion. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#arguing #argument #communication #debate #discourse

You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into. ↗

— Ben Goldacre

#faith #persuasion #science #faith

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#listening #logic #sincerity #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