"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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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

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"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."

Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher

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"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

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

Lord Hailsham, British Politician

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"If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter."

Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

Argument, Quarrel, Will

"I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

Argument, Reason

"Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument."

Robert Half, American Businessman

Argument,

"Arguments, like children, should be like the subject that begets them."

Thomas Dekker, English Dramatist

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"The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities."

Tom Allen, American Politician

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

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

"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."

"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."

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

"If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter."

"I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all."

"Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument."

"Arguments, like children, should be like the subject that begets them."

"The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities."

Explore more quotes by Robert Benchley

"Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous."

"A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated."

"In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop."

"The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon."

"At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands."

"Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other."

"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."

"I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine."

"We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born."