Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation. - Norman Mailer
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose. - C. Wright Mills
I have a cat named Trash. In the current political climate it would seem that if I were trying to sell him (at least to a Computer Scientist), I would not stress that he is gentle to humans and is self-sufficient, living mostly on field mice. Rather, I would argue that he is object-oriented.
Let’s form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we’ll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct. - Ryan Lilly
I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle. - Edward O. Wilson
I wasn’t always a demon.My name is Maggie Frew, and I grew up a simple human girl in suburban Iowa. I don’t carry a pitchfork, or have a forked tail. I’m not a creature from Hell. I’m a political campaign manager. Though, I guess some people might argue those are the same thing. - Patricia Murphy
That's the beauty of argument-if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.
How you can argue with those who whip, stone and murder people because they wanted to live their life? - M.F. Moonzajer
I don’t argue with fools; I educate. - Shannon L. Alder
Men argue. Nature acts. - Voltaire
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference. - Anonymous
Alchemy: In times of recession it's not wise to argue about the price of gold. - Robin Sacredfire
To fall for the notion of a 'double truth' and argue there was one set of truths for reason and another for faith and never the two shall meet made nonsense of the idea of truth itself. - Arthur Herman
The longer a person's twitter @username is, the harder it is to argue with them … on twitter. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Just consider how terrible the day of your death will beOthers will go on speaking and you will not be able to argue back - Ram Mohan Roy
If not us, then who? Who's going to stand when everyone else kneels? Who's going to argue for the law even when there's no justice to be had? Who's going to try even when the trying is too damn hard? - Sebastien de Castell
Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out if, in any sense, you missed a spot. - Criss Jami
I don't know very much but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it…My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made. - James Agate
its not a good idea to argue with ignorant people but sometime ignorance can't be ignored - Adnan Safi
Let others lead small lives, but not you.. Let others argue over small things, but not you.. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you. - Jim Rohn
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. - Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
People who know the least always argue the most.
I want a relationship where we talk like best friends, play like kids, argue like husband and wife, and protect each other like siblings. - Anonymous
I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself. - S. Kelley Harrell
Well, there was a sort of bastard justice in his view of the case, and so I dropped the matter. When you can't cure a disaster by argument, what is the use to argue? - Mark Twain
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. - Marilyn Monroe
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. - John Milton
So it’s fate then? I asked with him so close my lips brushed the line of his jaw with each word, Us being together?Absolutely, Calvin said with a low growl. Then he lifted my chin, tilting my head back, and kissed me deeply.Who was I to argue with Fate? - E.J. Stevens
Whether you're the best lawyer...Or the greatest philosopher...There will alway be at least two people that you can never win any argument with...Your child...And your wife...So don't argue with them...Just love them... - Nelson M. Lubao
Whereas I would argue that style is morality: morality detailed, configured, intensified. It’s not in the mere narrative arrangement of good and bad that morality makes itself felt. It can be there in every sentence - Martin Amis
When you argue with someone, you always argue at the level of the person with the lowest level of intelligence. You never argue up. - Spuds Crawford
Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention. - Christopher Paolini
I don’t argue; I listen in silence with love. My silence answers better than my voice. - Debasish Mridha
I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. - Stephen Leacock
Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, not condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion. - George Santayana
You can’t argue with religious people; you can’t change their mind even if you prove them wrong. - M.F. Moonzajer
The best thing to do when someone is trying to argue with you is to repeatedly state "Stay Away" and video record the entire event. You may need that video for the police afterwords when the aggressor starts fabricating fantasies about the event. - Steven Magee
The advantage of being married a long time was that one could argue without the necessity of the other's actual, physical presence. - William Browning Spencer
Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul… - Walt Whitman
Mary-Lynnette: "You have not read 'Pride and Prejudice'."Ash: "Why not?"Mary-Lynnette: "Because Jane Austen was a human."Ash: "How do you know?"Mary-Lynnette: "Well Jane Austen was a woman, and you're a chauvinist pig."Ash: "Yes, well, that I can't argue. - L.J. Smith
And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it." I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. "And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not."Fang rolled his eyes. - James Patterson
When the sands of time come falling down, we are only left with our choices. Choose wisely; however, some may argue wisdom is relative. - Virginia Vayna
Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves. - Winston Churchill
I never argue with a person; with love, I listen in deep silence. - Debasish Mridha
Never argue with a fool. Listeners can't tell which is which. - Unknown
That I shall love always, I argue theethat love is life,and life hath immortality - Emily Dickinson
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it - D.L. Moody
I would argue that a truly developed country would be beyond Presidents and Kings. In a world with some semblance of equality, each liberal-minded woman, each gay person, and indeed almost every person could be their own President. In a world of equals, what real service does a ruler provide? - Isaac Asimov
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine
Never argue with an idiot, because they will only bring you down to their level and beat you by experience.
My aim is to argue that the universe can come into existence without intervention, and that there is no need to invoke the idea of a Supreme Being in one of its numerous manifestations. - Peter Atkins
Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours. - Richard Bach
Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours. - Richard Bach
To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man. - Mahatma Gandhi