Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Aye, nay, we won't argue: you're wrong.”
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925) English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician
William Lever, quoted in: Adam Macqueen (2011) The King Of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up The World. Phrase he often used with employees — and he never changed his mind.
Mervyn Peake (1911–1968) English writer, artist, poet and illustrator
Graham Greene, quoted in Bandersnatch, 151, July 2011, p. 8
“I have never ever argued about billings because I don’t think that they mean anything.”
Amitabh Bachchan (1942) Indian actor
Quotable quotes by Amitabh Bachchan.
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
"The Good Old Days" (with Carl Barat)
Lyrics and poetry
Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy
Source: His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass (2000), Ch. 31 : Authority's End
“The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing.”
Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer
John Boone
Red Mars (1992)
Context: The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.
