#Debate

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree."

"Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives."

"In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest."

"Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective."

"I am a master of logic and a powerfully convincing debater. In fact, against my better judgment, I can talk myself out of doing anything."

"Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out that you missed a spot."

"The tension between 'yes' and 'no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot', makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self."

"I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win."

"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."

"There's more to logic than identifying logical fallacies."

"Comparing penis sizes is a much more nuanced and sophisticated way to determine who’s right than something as clunky and uncouth as a debate."

"Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable."

"If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it."

"The whole notion of pain, and how every individual experiences pain, is up for debate. We don't know how another person experiences pain - physical pain or psychic pain. Some of these clinics where assisted suicide or euthanasia is practiced, they call it 'weariness of life.'"

"In a battle of believability, the winner is the one with the best body language, not the clearest logic."