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Quotes About Disagreement

There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't.
~ Leonard Cohen
We, the most powerful democracy in the world, have developed a strong norm against talking about politics. It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with. Political discourse becomes isolated, and isolated discourse becomes more extreme. We say what our friends want to hear, and hear very little beyond what our friends say.
~ lessig lawrence ii
Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they'll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in.
~ Lev Grossman
Look, who's the talking bear here?" Quentin snapped. "Is it you? Are you the talking fucking bear? All right. So shut the fuck up.
~ Lev Grossman
If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
~ Lewis Carroll
If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
~ Lewis Carroll
Recognize that dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong, and go out of your way to reward them.
~ Adam Grant
I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
~ Bob Woodward
If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.
~ Darryl F. Zanuck
I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me.
~ Scott Westerfeld
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong.
~ Julian Baggini
You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition.
~ Kapil Sibal
Economists agree about economics - and that's a science - and they disagree about economic policy because that's a value judgment... I've had profound disagreements on policy with the famous Milton Friedman. But, on economics, we agree.
~ Franco Modigliani
Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.
~ Noreena Hertz
We all agree on the core values of a free and open Internet. We simply may disagree on the appropriate regulatory framework for securing those values. And I would much rather have an open and honest debate about the appropriate regulatory framework as opposed to throwing misinformation out there to achieve political ends.
~ Ajit Pai
Olumsuzlama dünyan?n en basit ÅŸeyidir. Bu yüzden hedefte anlaÅŸamayan büyük kitleler burda buluÅŸur.
~ Jean Baudrillard
When my mother heard about this, she was furious, and she crossed Nellie off her prayer list. My dad put her on his instead, so she didn't miss out.
~ Jeanette Winterson
This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Resentment increased on both sides, until any little accident could flare up into a fight.
~ Jeanne DuPrau
The thought made him suddenly furious. He sat up, grabbed a shoe heel out of the bucket at his feet, and hurled it with all his might. It arrived at the front door just as the door opened. Doon heard a hard thwack and a loud "Ouch!" at the same moment. Then he saw the long, lean, tired-looking face of his father in the doorway.
~ Jeanne DuPrau
The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
An amicable divorce is like a ventilated condom; it just doesn't work.
~ Rita Rudner
Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
~ Gene Autry
When I say we're on different side of the streets, it's true. Me and Terence Crawford are on different side of the streets.
~ Errol Spence Jr.