We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.
There is more talke then trouble.
I believe in using words, not fists.
I've never been in a fight, not even while in college.
The long war of words and writing ends in blows.
No, you just keep crashing my life. Look—" I said, and Al grunted. "Here it comes," the demon muttered. "Listen. Listen to this, runt. She's going to have a list.
LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.
It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides.
I like a good old-fashioned fistfight if people are pissed off at each other. I just feel like if you're really mad and want to have a fight, then put your dukes up.
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.
Schist," said an angry voice from the grass. Hazel raised her eyebrows. "Excuse me?" "Schist! Big pile of schist!
I've been through a lot of beef with other singers, but it's all verbal.
I've never had a fight in the street.
When you fight on set, you try to not hurt anybody.
A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire.
My dictionary has no such expression as a violent fight.
