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I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013The Times (1980), as cited in
- Debate
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Alexander Hamilton1757–1804Federalist No. 70 (18 March 1788)
- Debate
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965
- Quotations
Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right?
Wayne Dyer1940–2015
- Debate
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
Groucho Marx1890–1977
- Quotations
I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound⁠—if I can remember any of the damn things.
Dorothy Parker1893–1967“The Little Hours” in Here Lies (1939)
- Quotations
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970
- Virtue
Arguing is really saying, “If you were really more like me, then I could like you better.”
Wayne Dyer1940–2015
- Debate
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach1830–1916Often credited to Dale Carnegie
- Debate
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali1942–2016
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Volume iii, p. 453
- Debate
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832Lacon (1820), Volume 1, Vol. I; CLXXXIII
Wise men argue causes, and fools decide them.
FTFrank Tyger
- Debate
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Wilhelm Meister’s Lehrjahre (Apprenticeship) (1786–1830), Bk. V, Ch. 1
- Art
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
Aristotle384–322 BC
- Quotations