George Bernard Shaw on Argument / Debate
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
John Morley on Argument / Debate
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
Michel de Montaigne on Argument / Debate
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Michel de Montaigne on Argument / Debate
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
Dudley Field Malone on Argument / Debate
I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.
Jeseph Joubert on Argument / Debate
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Kin Hubbard on Argument / Debate
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
E. W. Howe on Argument / Debate
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton on Argument / Debate
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
Josh Billings on Argument / Debate
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.