"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."

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"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."

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"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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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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Steven Wright, American Comedian

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John Tillotson, British Theologian

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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing."

Dave Edmunds, Welsh Musician

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"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

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

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

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Colin Powell, American Statesman

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James Boswell, Scottish Lawyer

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Age

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