It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know. - Don DeLillo
Contention in our families drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also drives many of our family members away. Contention ranges from a hostile spoken word to worldwide conflicts. - Ezra Taft Benson
If you are without contention and still have the ability to make people think, their ego is going to take a hit and as a result they're not going to like you. They don't want to think. They want to be right, unrivaled or entertained. - Donna Lynn Hope
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. - Abraham Lincoln
If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it. - Lawana Blackwell
Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; have in general been as short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths. - James Madison
No man resolved to make the most of himself has time to waste on personal contention. - Abraham Lincoln
In a world filled with contention and hate, we need more love agents. - Kathy McClary