It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

Many a good argument is ruined by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions, or justify them, or compromise on them.

It's a no-win argument - that business of what we're born with and what our environment does to us. And it's a boring argument, because it simplifies the mysteries that attend both our birth and our growth.

Many argue; not many converse.

Closed-minded people are more likely to make statements than ask questions.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.

Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions, or justify them, or compromise on them. The simple tactic being that if you repeated your assertion often enough, with enough emotion and volume, the opponents would somehow be forced to see things your way.

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.