Oscar Levant Quotes

There are two sides to every question.

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

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.

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

Some say no when others say yes. That's the difficulty with handball.

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

Some matters are simply contentious. Sometimes you're never going to get it right.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

No one is served by continued uncertainty and fractious debate.

Sometimes people have different views on different issues.

There is nothing more amusing than when two people known for being non-objective argue over objectivity. This is the summation of Keith Olbermann vs. Ted Koppell.

I would never say don't have an argument.

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.

My intention... isn't to create controversy.

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.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.

People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

Writers should provoke disagreement.