Quotes About Disagreement

So each one of you agrees to disagree with whatever the other one agrees with, but if you both disagree with the same thing, aren't you really in agreement?

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America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens to be. Demanding that everyone follow their dicta in lockstep. Everyone has to be open-minded and tolerant of the things they believe, but God forbid they should ever concede, even for a moment, that someone who disagrees with them might have some fingerhold of truth.

I can see by your face that I'll never persuade you. And that's surprising, because usually you at least try to see my side. I can see your side, said Cecily. I've got a much clearer view of it than you do, from over here on my side.

Bean sighed inwardly. It never failed. Whenever he had any conversation with Ender, it turned into an argument.

I'll obey you now, said Runnel. Brick laughed. Except when you think I'm wrong.

Bean sighed inwardly. It never failed. Whenever he had any conversation with Ender, it turned into an argument. Bean hated it.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.

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

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

Whether it turned into wine or whether it didn't, he said, it doesn't bother me. I take it for what it is. And what is it? she asked, quickly, hopefully. It's the Bible, he said. That answer enraged her, and she despised him.

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so.

I am convinced now that nothing good is accomplished and a lot of damage can be done if you tell a person straight out that he or she is wrong. You only succeed in stripping that person of self-dignity and making yourself an unwelcome part of any discussion.

Thank your opponents sincerely for their interest. Anyone who takes the time to disagree with you is interested in the same things you are. Think of them as people who really want to help you, and you may turn your opponents into friends.

if you didn't voice your opinion, [Steve Jobs] would mow you down, said Cook. He takes contrary positions to create more discussion, because it may lead to a better result. So if you don't feel comfortable disagreeing, then you'll never survive.

Most outside experts disagreed. "Maybe it's time Steve Jobs stopped thinking quite so differently," Business Week wrote in a story headlined "Sorry Steve, Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work.

That's marijuana." It was one of the few times in his life that he faced his father's anger. "That was the only real fight I ever got in with my dad," he

They all knew they were expected to be deferential to Jobs while also pushing back on his ideas and being willing to argue—a tricky balance to maintain, but each did it well. "I realized very early that if you didn't voice your opinion, he would mow you down," said Cook. "He takes contrary positions to create more discussion, because it may lead to a better result. So if you don't feel comfortable disagreeing, then you'll never survive.

He was working himself up into a fervor of delight while I was shrinking into a rage and thinking, How could you

So if you don't feel comfortable disagreeing, then you'll never survive.

Being "disputatious," he concluded, was "a very bad habit" because contradicting people produced "disgusts and perhaps enmities.