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"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Argument, Man

"To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus."

Al Franken, American Comedian

Argument, Conservative, Liberal, Media

"My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem."

John Sayles, American Director

Argument, Democracy, Film, Wrong

"Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits."

E. P. Thompson, British Historian

Argument,

"I'm not an idiot, Kenji. I have reasons for the things I say."Yeah, and maybe I'm just saying that you have no idea what you're saying."Whatever."Don't whatever me-"Whatever, I say again."Oh my God, Kenji says to no one in particular. "I think this girl wants to get her ass kicked."You couldn't kick my ass if I had ten of them.Kenji laughs out loud. "Is that a challenge?"It's a warning, I say to him."Ohhhhhh, so you're threatening me now? Little crybaby knows how to make threats now?"Shut up, Kenji."Shut up, Kenji, he repeats in a whiny voice, mocking me."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

Argument, Conflict, Humor, Dialogue, Personality

"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Argument, Violence

"It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

Argument, Commitment, Day

"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Argument, Existence

"The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Argument, Arguments, Blind, Want

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right."

Lord Hailsham, British Politician

Argument, Being, Right

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"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."

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"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg."

Biology

"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once."

Etiquette

"Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it."

Reasoning

"Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have."

Reasoning

"One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once."

Fight

"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

Evil

"Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name."

God

"Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness."

Man