Quotes About Disagreement

At times, being assertive does involve disagreeing with others; however, that disagreement can be done in a way that is not needlessly confrontational and painful.

The battle is not the same as the quarrel.

The cause of human conflict is simple: one person dehumanizes another. One side sees the other side as unworthy. As long as people who disagree perceive each other this way, even the simplest details cannot be negotiated. But let each person bring to the other the attitude of respect and acceptance, and even difficult details can be resolved.

Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot.

He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.

I don't respect your statement because of the anger that came with it

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

An argument in a couple: 2 people attempting to introduce each other to important truths - by panicked shouting.

I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

No argument can persuade me to like oysters if I do not like them. In other words, the disturbing thing about matters of taste is that they are not communicable.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Let argument bear no unmusical sound.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field.

Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.

Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.

A gun is not an argument.

I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument.

There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.