Quotes of Contentious - somelinesforyou

“ Argumentative exhibitions bring issues to life in a way that very much irritates traditional curators who want to see their pictures valued for themselves. ”

- Jonathan Miller

“ It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman. ”

- The Holy Bible

“ Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach this ideal of government, we will be a distracted, contentious people. ”

- T. Thomas Fortune

“ I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative. ”

- Giovani della Casa

“ Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife. ”

- Bible

“ The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. ”

- John McCarthy

“ I think it's going to be very difficult to get anything by Russia and China unless Iran becomes even more belligerent. ”

- James Phillips

“ We must make a personal attack when there is no argumentative basis for our speech. ”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“ Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. ”

- David Hume

“ Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. ”

- Arthur Keith
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