"Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument."

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"For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction."

Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist

Argument, Destruction, Man, Will

"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

Argument, Debate, Opinion, Time, Wisdom

"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

"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

Argument, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak."

William Godwin, English Writer

Argument, Doubt

"When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Argument, May, Worth

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

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Argument, Violence

"We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well."

Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist

Argument, Countries, National security, Possession

"At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat."

William Henry Moody, American Politician

Argument, Care, Compliments, Judges

"As for the assertion that nuclear weapons prevent wars, how many more wars are needed to refute this arguments? Tens of millions have died in the many wars that have taken place since 1945."

Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist

Argument, Arguments, Weapons

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"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

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"No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time."

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"Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails."

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"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income."

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"For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak."

"When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem."

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

"We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well."

"At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat."

"As for the assertion that nuclear weapons prevent wars, how many more wars are needed to refute this arguments? Tens of millions have died in the many wars that have taken place since 1945."

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"Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too."

"The search for someone to blame is always successful."

"Time spent on hiring is time well spent."

"It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options."

"There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working."

"Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea."

"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

"No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time."

"Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails."

"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income."