Arguing Quotes

“With wisdom comes the rare ability to tell whether or not trying to change someone’s mind would be a waste of time.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Look you," Pandora told him in a businesslike tone, "marriage is not on the table."
Look you? Look you? Gabriel was simultaneously amused and outraged. Was she really speaking to him as if he were an errand boy?
"I've never wanted to marry," Pandora continued. "Anyone who knows me will tell you that. When I was little, I never liked the stories about princesses waiting to be rescued. I never wished on falling stars, or pulled the petals off daisies while reciting 'he loves me, he loves me not.' At my brother's wedding, they handed out slivers of wedding cake to all the unmarried girls and said if we put it under our pillows, we would dream of our future husbands. I ate my cake instead. Every crumb. I've made plans for my life that don't involve becoming anyone's wife."
"What plans?" Gabriel asked. How could a girl of her position, with her looks, make plans that didn't include the possibility of marriage?
"That's none of your business," she told him smartly.
"Understood," Gabriel assured her. "There's just one thing I'd like to ask: What the bloody hell were you doing at the ball in the first place, if you don't want to marry?"
"Because I thought it would be only slightly less boring than staying at home."
"Anyone as opposed to marriage as you claim to be has no business taking part in the Season."
"Not every girl who attends a ball wants to be Cinderella."
"If it's grouse season," Gabriel pointed out acidly, "and you're keeping company with a flock of grouse on a grouse-moor, it's a bit disingenuous to ask a sportsman to pretend you're not a grouse."
"Is that how men think of it? No wonder I hate balls." Pandora looked scornful. "I'm so sorry for intruding on your happy hunting grounds."
"I wasn't wife-hunting," he snapped. "I'm no more interested in marrying than you are."
"Then why were you at the ball?"
"To see a fireworks display!"
After a brief, electric silence, Pandora dropped her head swiftly. He saw her shoulders tremble, and for an alarming moment, he thought she had begun to cry. But then he heard a delicate snorting, snickering sound, and he realized she was... laughing?
"Well," she muttered, "it seems you succeeded."
Before Gabriel even realized what he was doing, he reached out to lift her chin with his fingers. She struggled to hold back her amusement, but it slipped out nonetheless. Droll, sneaky laughter, punctuated with vole-like squeaks, while sparks danced in her blue eyes like shy emerging stars. Her grin made him lightheaded.
Damn it.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“Silence is often the wisest reply.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sometimes the best argument is the one that we refuse to have.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Many victims of narcissistic abuse are hypersensitive. They don't want to be told by others that they wrong when they fight with their narcissist. They see it as standing up for themselves, when in reality it is perpetuating what the narcissist wants- drama and a reaction.”
― Shannon L. Alder, The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Bible

“Words without thought are like a bus without brakes. It’s no longer about a destination. Rather, it’s about how much you’re going to run over before you run out of road.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It takes maturity to admit that you are wrong, especially when you are right.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There comes a point in some conversations where I simply quit and let reality do my talking for me.”
― Dave Pryor

“I've always wanted you. I moved to Sea Haven for you. Don't give me a load of crap, Elle."

He stood up, too, stepping close, crowding her. "You wanted me on your terms."

"You should have wanted me on any terms," she snapped. "If I mattered, then the circumstances shouldn't have."

"What the hell am I to you, Elle? A legacy. Someone your damned house chose for you. You wanted a yes man to go with your little fantasy about seven children and--"

"How would you know what I wanted?" she interrupted. "You never took the time to find out. You found out about my family and you just stepped aside. You didn't want me but you didn't want anyone else to have me.”
― Christine Feehan, Hidden Currents

“Cum mulieribus non est disputandum, as Cicero says.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“It is possible for you to be the wrong one in an argument about you.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You can be right and still lose the fight.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Never argue with a fool. People may realize or remember that you are one.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Almost no one gets into an argument hoping to be proven wrong if they are wrong.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you're arguing with an idiot make sure he isn't doing the same thing...”
― Nitya Prakash

“It is often in our best interest not to understand, to misunderstand, or to pretend not to understand.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Like pretty much every debate, an argument is an explosion caused by the collision of egos.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One glance. Once stare.
Was all it took to take my lungs to long for air.
The moment I saw you, is the moment I found myself.
It was unreal; this love thrill,
My soul it manifest. I was obsessed.
Maybe that's where I went wrong, love possessed.
Forced to cross the Rubicon, no protest.
From your end ‘cause we shared the same sentiment
Love we earned, time we burned, look at what we've done.
Now we at the point of no return, no taking it back.
Our world like centre CERN, particles go round and back.
All we do is speak out of turn,
Argue, push buttons;
I guess that's the straw hun,
That broke the camel's back.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“She'd just be more satisfied if my happiness aligned with her point of view.”
― Nora Roberts, Midnight Bayou

“it is not necessary to convince anyone of anything..... and the words do not matter much. it is the knowledge and experience that is transcendent.”
― Leland Lewis, Random Molecular Mirroring

“Hopkit held up his paw. Although the infection had gone, his foot was limp and flat, and he had no feeling in it. “But how can I be a warrior with this?”
“You can walk on it, can’t you?” Hawkheart wasn’t giving a drop of sympathy.
“I can limp.”
Hawkheart snorted. “If you can limp, you can walk. If you can walk, you can hunt.”
“What about fighting?” Hopkit persisted. “What if I can’t fight?”
“Then you’ll just have to argue your enemies to death.” Hawkheart settled onto his side and half closed his eyes. “You’re great at arguing.”
― Erin Hunter, Tallstar's Revenge

“There's no fun in arguing if you never get shown up. Who plays a game it there's no chance they'll lose? I do so crave to be proven wrong,. It is as sweet as proving yourself right, when done properly.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

“She argued with him timidly, yet the awareness of this timidity was enough to push her on.”
― Evelyn Berckman, Lament for Four Brides

“Are there so many words in the English language that we must somehow exhaust every single one of them in some blithering defense of some cherished opinion? Or, would it be far, far more prudent to simply shut up and live out that opinion in ways that the English language has no words describe?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Why me? All we do is argue.”
“That’s why I want you”
― David Peace, The Damned Utd

“We sometimes spend a trillion on a fight over a hundred.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There was something mysterious in the process of quarreling. You said one wrong thing and then tried to justify it and said a further thing. That in turn needed explaining or defense. All the time you helplessly knew that if you could only step off the treadmill of dissension and start anew--but something held you where you were with demoniac persistence. Then it was too late. Emotions came in; his face showed disapproval and surprise; anger spat in you that he should misread your motives. Or pride reared up and you'd be damned if you'd risk seeming abject and always at fault. The sense of crisis deepened, and your helplessness with it.”
― Laura Z. Hobson, Gentleman's Agreement

“If arguments could convince humans, there would be no arguments at all.”
― Raheel Farooq, Why I Am a Muslim: And a Christian and a Jew

“Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment, shall we. Trying to argue a point, prove we are right—that we are a good person—is more about winning, or quite simply, protect ourselves from losing. It all boils down to fight or flight. Ultimately, when we are driven by these two forces, we end up fighting and fleeing the ultimate truth which is not of this earth.”
― Charles F Glassman

“Many victims of narcissistic abuse are hypersensitive. They don't want to be told by others that they wrong when they fight with their narcissist. They see it as standing up for themselves, when in reality it perpetuating what the narcissist wants- drama and a reaction.”
― Shannon L. Alder, The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Bible