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Quotes About Disagreement

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you'll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.
~ Jonathan Haidt
I don't entirely agree with the slogan "speaking truth to power."
~ Noam Chomsky
In quarreling, the truth is always lost.
~ Publilius Syrus
In excess altercation, truth is lost.
~ Publilius Syrus
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.
~ Samuel Johnson
The truth is considered hatred by those who hate the truth.
~ Auliq Ice
I remember watching these kids getting up in the morning on my dorm floor, putting on a suit and tie and a briefcase, talking about this guy from California named Ronald Reagan and how he was going to be the next president," says Mould. "And I'd be sitting there arguing with those fucks in speech class and poli sci and just hating that, thinking, 'This is not acceptable behavior. This is not what we're supposed to be doing with our late teens.
~ Michael Azerrad
He nodded then cocked his head and gave me a sharp, policeman like look, as though realizing that he had been on the wrong page with me all along. I fell under the heading of Dealing with Assholes.
~ Michael Chabon
Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.
~ Donald Rumsfeld
During the holidays, I often see my sisters, who still, even after all these years, can't always seem to agree with me. They take silly, indefensible positions, such as denying that my parents loved me more because I was the better child.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
I don't ever read chat rooms, because if you've got sixteen nice things, number seventeen is always the person that just wants to be contrary.
~ Rhea Seehorn
Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.
~ Gretchen Rubin
Faith, like love, unites; opinion, like hate, separates.
~ John Lancaster Spalding
You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it's acid in the face—who will love them now?
~ Mindy Kaling
It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they (world religions) disagree, not more than one of them can be true.
~ Betrand Russell
She tried to make up for speaking so disagreeably by stroking him, but Clawed merely turned his head long enough to give her a look that said, You are not my friend.
~ Beverly Cleary
I may not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to be a complete asshole.
~ Bill Bryson
People disagreeing everywhere you look makes you wanna stop and read a book.
~ Bob Dylan
Kelly said of the president, "He's an idiot. It's pointless to try to convince him of anything. He's gone off the rails. We're in crazytown. "I don't even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I've ever had.
~ Bob Woodward
I have known for many years that The Other does not revere the House in the same way I do, but it still shocks me when he talks like this. How can a man as intelligent as him say there is nothing alive in this House?
~ Susanna Clarke
Men do not manage well with too much peace. Someone will find a quarrel.
~ Tad Williams
Goodwin scowled at her cup. With all due respect, my lord, I hate it when you make sense.
~ Tamora Pierce
Have I mentioned that I hate it when you're right?, she asked instead. Alanna shook her head. No, I don't believe you have. As far as I could tell, you never thought I was right.
~ Tamora Pierce
Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.
~ Tamora Pierce