In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time someting like that happened in politics or religion.
I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In other words, I want to get married.
An authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet and use their minds. So questions like Anne's are worth asking. To ask them is a very fine kind of human behavior. If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.