Arguing - Arguments Quotes

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.

We must make a personal attack when there is no argumentative basis for our speech.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathizes with their just feelings.

If you spend all of your time arguing with people who are nuts, you’ll be exhausted and the nuts will still be nuts.