Debate Quotes

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Exaggeration follows desperation.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right?