Gum Quotes - Page 2
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Irving Layton (1969). “The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes”
An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.
Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.138, Bantam
Thomas Hobbes, Richard Tuck (1996). “Hobbes: Leviathan: Revised Student Edition”, p.184, Cambridge University Press
That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.
Jason Reitman, Christopher Buckley (2007). “Thank You For Smoking: The Shooting Script”, Newmarket Press
Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.315, Hoover Press
Hans Joachim Morgenthau, Kenneth W. Thompson (1977). “A Tribute to Hans Morgenthau: truth and tragedy : with an intellectual autobiography by Hans J. Morgenthau”, New Republic Books
In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
Roger Scruton (2012). “Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey”, p.42, A&C Black
There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.
Sean O'Casey (1963). “Under a Colored Cap: Articles Merry and Mournful with Comments and a Song”