“Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.”
Vorkosigan Saga, Memory (1996)
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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949Related quotes
“Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.”
Christopher Hitchens Letters to a Young Contrarian
Source: 2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
Arthur Schopenhauer book Parerga and Paralipomena
The Art of Literature
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Μηκέθ᾽ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.
X, 16
Variant: Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Barbara Bush (1925–2018) former First Lady of the United States
On the abortion debate, in which her stance was the opposite of her husband's, as quoted in TIME magazine (24 August 1992)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Pages 65-66
2000s, Promises to Keep (2008)
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Frequently attributed to Freud, but there is no evidence Freud ever said it http://www.freud.org.uk/about/faq/. <br class="br">Misattributed