Quotes about Contention

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.

All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.

He lambastes Catholics. He opposes the J. B. Phillips version of the Bible because Phillips had a friendship with C. S. Lewis, who drank beer and smoked a pipe.

I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.

It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.

Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar and often convincing.

Stop me if you've heard this one. Mickey Mouse is filing for divorce and the judge looks down and he says: I understand that it is your contention that your wife Minnie Mouse is mentally deranged. Is that correct? And Mickey says: No, Your Honor, that's not what I said. What I said was she's fucking nuts. The

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

Each thinks he or she is more righteous than the other. Each