204 quotes found
“Most errors consist only in our not rightly applying names to things. For when someone says that the lines which are drawn from the center of a circle to its circumference are unequal, he surely un...”
“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the idea of intelligence, rather than intelligence itself, beco...”
“The silence was pregnant with noise, with muted fury, with questions the father found too disgusting to frame and with answers to which the son was incapable of giving voice.”
“Nothing is wrong in taking medicine when you’re sick, but something is wrong if It is been taking by you to cure the headache of another.”
“It seemed to him there was never much time with women. Before you could look at one twice, you were into an argument, and they were telling you what was going to happen.”
“If you can win an argument by stretching your lips for a smile, why open your mouth and lose it.”
“You can’t say ‘Oh my stars.’ ‘Oh my stars’ is not a thing, and it makes no sense. The whole point of that saying is that you’re calling out to someone for help, and stars are not ‘someone,’ and cer...”
“You know, you can always do a three some.”“A three some?” I frowned. “No.”He shrugged. “Just a thought.”“Yeah, a dumb one,” I spat.“Hey! I didn’t call your idea to re-wallpaper the kitchen a dumb i...”
“It wasn't even a fight, really. We didn't shout. We barely even argued, but a snake of tension quietly slithered into our lives.”
“Hey, Alec," he said.The man was on his hands and knees, leaning his face into the middle of a bush; he grunted something that kind of sounded like a "Yeah?""Why are we spending so much time on this...”
“A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.”
“When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cudgels in its defence. If you are deeply convinced of its truth, you will perhaps ...”
“...some student asked if he [Larry Summers] didn’t have essentially the same relationship with Bob Rubin. Wasn’t Summer’s opposition to capital controls just a sop to Wall Street banks, which wante...”
“A healthy argument, even with an idiot, is always good; it opens one's eyes to own misunderstandings.”
“You shall not leave me in that temper.I should be miserable all night, and I won’t be miserable for you!”
“How I win over you is “with modulation of words that i use, winning is not the argument but peace of mind. You may call it diplomatic, guess what? I don't care !”
“Care to explain?” Ari asked.“Didn’t you see my signals?”“Yeah. But they didn’t make sense. Five into one and it’s an intrusion.”“It’s an illusion! Five of them are an illusion.”“That’s not the sign...”
“Many can argue not many converse.”
“Wise men argue causes and fools decide them.”
“When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter " And proved it - 'twas no matter what he said.”
