Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
To bicker over what could have been is silly.
I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.' That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
When you're arguing with a fool, you're the fool for even going back and forth.
It's frightening that skepticism has to be a movement, because you're just arguing that reality is reality. What a waste of energy, in a way.
But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
When are we defending something that isn't worth defending anymore?
John Moore Cornwell
Controversy is what mediocre people start because they can't communicate anything meaningful.
It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
Discussions of generations only go downhill. There's no point in having them.
Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.
