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The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.
JRJill Ruckleshaus
- Debate
His verbal contract is worth more than the paper it’s written on.
Samuel Goldwyn1882–1974
I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.
John Bartlett1820–1905
- Quotations
We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
JNJames Nicollborn 1961Often credited to Booker T. Washington
I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don’t have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.
Richard Nixon1913–1994
- Debate
People have to talk about something just to keep their good voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Cat’s Cradle (1963), Chapter 76
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
FCFrank Moore Colby1865–1925
What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.
HDHansell B. Duckett
Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
Marcel Proust1871–1922
- Clever Jabs
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
IDIsaac D'Israeli1766–1848
- Quotations
I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
Samuel Goldwyn1882–1974
- Debate
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.
CLChristopher Lasch1932–1994
- Debate
Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Francis Bacon1561–1626Meditationes sacræ (1597), Of Studies
- Reading
- Writing
The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between two people.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882
Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900