“Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing.” WritingGuyWinningSoundSidesListeningOughtArgumentArguingYour SideEditorialsWinning An Argument Author:Adam Gopnik
“When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets.” MenSaidSoundWiseWonderfulHeardSpeechPhilosopherArguingTrumpets Author:Plutarch
“It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.” HardSoundSidesEvidenceArguingCynicismSmarterOptimistCynic Author:Molly Ivins
“One could plausibly argue that it is for quite sound reasons that the whole capacity for sexual ecstasy is inaccessible to most people - given that sexuality is something, like nuclear energy, which may prove amenable to domestication through scruple, but then again may not.” PeopleMayReasonWholeEnergyGivenSoundProveCapacitySexualityArguingNuclearEcstasyInaccessibleScruplesNuclear EnergyAmenable Author:Susan Sontag
“If you do not assume the law of non-contradiction, you have nothing to argue about. If you do not assume the principles of sound reason, you have nothing to argue with. If you do not assume libertarian free will, you have no one to argue against. If you do not assume morality to be an objective commodity, you have no reason to argue in the first place.” IfsFirstsReasonLawSoundPrinciplesMoralityAssumingLibertarianArguingObjectivesContradictionNo ReasonFree WillCommodity Author:William J. Murray