I am often told that losing an argument is better than losing a friend. Well, if that happens very frequently, I say think about losing that friend.
The goal of a great discussion isn’t to land on the same page. It’s to explore different views. Nods and smiles stroke your ego and close your mind. Thoughtful questions stoke your curiosity and stretch your thinking. Consensus makes you comfortable. Dissent makes you smarter. – Adam Grant
Never get into an argument with someone who types faster than you.
That’s the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you’re never wrong. – Christopher Buckley
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. – William G. McAdoo
Losing an argument is better than losing a friend.
Behind every argument is someone’s ignorance. – Louis D. Brandeis
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
Arguing with a person who cannot admit defeat is like adding more fire wood to the fire.
You know you won an argument…when the other person responds with “whatever”.
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic. – Tryon Edwards
The ability to stay calm during conflict is a superpower.
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. – Edward Gibbon
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. – Sydney J. Harris
No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. – Wilkie Collins
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it. – Edgar Watson Howe
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument. – Desmond Tutu
When parents say “Because I said so”, you know you made a good argument.
In the fire of an argument words are it’s fuel, choose your words wisely. If you throw in wood or paper, the fire will burn evenly then put itself out. But if you throw oil or gasoline, the fire will spread fiercely and unmanageable. – Anthony Liccione
The argument from intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. – Ayn Rand
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