The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.
Jill Ruckelshaus
There is no argument in the world carries the hatred that a religious belief does.
Will Rogers
This is the source.
The argument from intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Ayn Rand
The first trick of the winning argument is the trick of abandoning trickery.
Gerry Spence
Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.
Gerry Spence
Successful argument unfolds when we have regained the ability to reveal ourselves, to expose our feelings, and simply ask for what we want.
Gerry Spence
Words that do not create images should be discarded.
Gerry Spence
I am not as concerned about choosing the right words as I am in letting the words flow naturally.
Gerry Spence
The most effective structure for any argument will always be story.
Gerry Spence
A concession coming from your mouth is not nearly as hurtful as an exposure coming from your opponent's.
Gerry Spence
The key to opening the other to our arguments is to empower the other to reject us.
Gerry Spence
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic. 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
When you fight with a pig, you both get dirty. But the pig likes it.
John Patrick Dolan
A gentleman does not take part in major arguments over minor issues.
John Bridges
When a gentleman is confronted by arguments that he considers foolish, he does not attempt to refute them with reason. Instead, he keeps silent, knowing that logic is useless in the war against irrationality.
John Bridges
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
Jonathan Swift
This is the perpetual and pitiful tragedy of the practical man in practical affairs. He always begins with a flourish of contempt for what he calls theorizing and what people who can do it call thinking. He will not wait for logic - that is, in the most exact sense, he will not listen to reason. It will therefore appear to him an idle and ineffectual proceeding to say that there is a reason for his present failure. Nevertheless, it may be well to say it, and to try and make it clear even to him.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
I'm not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition. I think that I am qualified to speak only when I've reached that state.
Charlie Munger
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
Leo Tolstoy
Argue passionately for your beliefs; listen intently to your adversaries, and root for yourself to lose. When you lose, you've learned something.
Steven Landsburg
It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about.
Megan McCardle
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