Lilith Saintcrow Quotes

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Okay Mr. Environmentalist. Come here and explain this.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

I hesitate to get into the gutter with this guy.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

I am used to controversies.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

Writers should provoke disagreement.

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

There is no history without polemic ... without originating in antagonism to something which exists and which it wants to combat and substitute

I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me

I dislike conflict, so I do try and steer clear of arguments. Apart from with my coach. Who I literally have an argument with every day.

I get called 'controversial' all the time.

I hate consensus. I like confrontation.

Everything I say, I expect backlash from it.

I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself.

When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.

To me, there's no point in having confrontation for the sake of it.

You can talk all you want but I'm definitely going to bark back.

Professor Trelawney: "Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew I was being hurled headfirst out of the room!" Harry Potter: "And you didn’t see that coming?" Professor Trelawney: "No, as I say it was pitch — ” [Glares at Harry angrily]

Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.