“One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental Congress.” LongBattleArgumentIndependenceCongressChainsConventionsDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceContinental Author:Samuel Adams
“Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.” HumilityBattleArgumentRageBranchesApologyOlivesAxesContritionOlive Branches Book:Cast of Characters: Lost and Found: Encounters with the Living God Source: Cast of Characters: Lost and Found: Encounters with the Living God
“I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle. I mean a man who would lay me, and when he was done, I'd say: "Oh, brother, I've been laid." Or if we had an argument, he would stand up and engage in intellectual combat and not go off and mope in the corner, or take reprisals, or go to drink.” IfsMenNeedsMeanDoneBrotherDrinkBattleIntellectualArgumentLaysCornersCombatToesSlugsReprisal Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“You can win as long as you chose your battles. You can win more arguments then you might think as a writer, even though you legally have no recourse, and your script can get muddied and altered in any way possible. You can use reason, logic, and passion to argue persuasively for a case in your favor. So what I've learned is to just basically not buckle - not be belligerent, not be angry, not throw fits, but just not buckle.” ThinkingLongReasonPassionWinningFitBattleArgumentLogicArguingYou Can Win Author:Shane Black
“I'd love if people relearned the lessons of the 20th century all over again. Which is to say this country progressed economically and socially when we had a better balance between capital and labor. Neither capital or labor won every argument. The battle between the two created economic tension, and transformed the working class into the middle class, and grew the economy.” PeopleCountryEconomyEconomicBalanceBattleArgumentLaborTensionMiddle ClassWorking Class20th Century Author:David Simon
“I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?” WellsDiesBloodBattleArgument Author:William Shakespeare
“She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men, not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation.” MenLooksSoulCharacterPassionForceCompassionJudgingBattleConversationArgumentIntensityClevernessProwess Author:Orson Scott Card
“It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a museum, but alas, I'm the only visitor, and even I am not terribly interested in the displays.” LoveMindSaidUseProblemAgeFightingBrainBattleArgumentAffectionMuseumsLaughedDisplayTemptedAlasQuarrelsVisitors Book:Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker