Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, "Who do you think you are?"

George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.

Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word. I don't know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

There's a great argument about how many men he actually killed. People would tell stories and then as we all know as stories get told over and over again, they get embellished, facts get changed, elaborated upon, exaggerated.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.