#argument

The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say, if only we had the guts. ↗

— Pete Wentz

#fighting #fights #gray #love #pete-wentz

There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy. ↗

— George Eliot

#marriage #meekness #patience #life

I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. ↗

— Dave Barry

#respect #respect

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#create #meant #reveal #truth

I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#argument #assassin #call #give #going

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. ↗

— George Carlin

#ate #every #family #going #had

I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#became #between #extra #great #i

Hey, Alec," he said. The man was on his hands and knees, leaning his face into the middle of a bush; he grunted something that kind of sounded like a "Yeah?" "Why are we spending so much time on this side of where we left them?" Alec pulled himself out of the bush and looked back at him. "Seemed logical. I'd think they either followed us out of here to find us, or they were taken by the same yahoos who attacked us. Or... maybe they went to investigate the fire." Mark thought that was all barking up the wrong tree. "Or they ran away from the fire. Not every person on earth is as wacky-brained as you, good sir. Most people see a huge roaring inferno coming at them? They decide to cut and run. Just saying. ↗

— James Dashner

#fire #humor #humor

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#argument #falsehood #finally #politics #prevails

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#defend #difficult #know #opinion #part