arguing

This is not a contest with your child. The winner is not the one with more points. The winner is the one whose child still loves them when they graduate from high school.

When all the fights stop, so does the passion.

The best thing to do when someone is trying to argue with you is to repeatedly state "Stay Away" and video record the entire event. You may need that video for the police afterwords when the aggressor starts fabricating fantasies about the event.

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

...even good marriages sometimes involve flinging a remote control at the wall.

(Personally, I have avoided many fights by going to bed angry and waking up to realize that I'd just been tired.)

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.

...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.

The tragic brilliance of politics and control is found in the ability to get the masses arguing over which poison they should drink.

A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean _ or what we really think.

Keep moving!_ __ea__ arguing with the floor.

Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this.

Don't even think of arguing with me. I'm an old woman and if you fight me about it, it could give me a heart attack.

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.

Just because you talk about it or advocate for one position doesn't mean you care more. Just because someone doesn't talk about it and advocates a different position doesn't mean they care less.

You're one to talk about talking crap, Forester." Dunstan's voice interrupts the memory, and I can't help but feel a little grateful. "Accusing my dad of poisoning the swamp? What a bunch of bull.""It's not bull,"I snarl. "Your dad's dumping trash into the swamp and you know it!"Dunstan finally loses it and stands up. The boat tilts dangerously. Melanie and the twins shriek, grasping the sides like they're glued to them."You two sit down this minute!" Babette bellows. She's holding onto the motor for dear life. Neither of us listens."You wanna run that by me again?" Dunstan growls. His fingers curl into fists."Your. Dad. Is. Poisoning. The. Swamp." I let each word out slowly like Dunstan's a dumb little kid who needs help understanding.