Jonathan Swift Quotes

Argument is the worst sort of conversation.

We can calm down our argument a little so that we can learn what it is that we are actually arguing about.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Many can argue - not many converse.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

I'm a talker. I love a good debate.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

There's always merit to having a debate.

I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it.

Hold on. It’s not a fight. It’s a discussion.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.

I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.

I love a spirited debate.

I don't mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to a better understanding of whatever it is we are discussing.

Me and 50 had a conversation. We good.

At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.

I would never say don't have an argument.

Never try to have the last word. You might get it.

That," he said, "is so not the point of this conversation.

Argument is to me the air I breathe.

My statements aren't incomplete, they're just in-progress. It's a debate and a discussion.

For Borges, the core of reality lay in books; reading books, writing books, talking about books. In a visceral way, he was conscious of continuing a dialogue begun thousands of years before and which he believed would never end.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.