Quotes About Common ground

Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.

If you believe in democracy, you accept, by definition, the existence and triumph of opposing ideas. The people who believe deeply in the Internet's force as a commons operate on that kind of premise.

The truth is Floridians and Montanans have more in common than you might think. Both are fed up with partisan gridlock in D.C., and look to their state leaders to find common ground, pursue compromise, and move forward solutions that improve the health of their economy, their communities and their residents.

People should know each other because they want to, because they have things in common.

Americans want Washington to put aside political differences, find common ground, and start producing real economic solutions for the middle class.

Maybe we aren't so very different after all. There's good and bad in both of us, and that's what binds us together, for better or worse.

When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.

La razón por la que pudo atraparme es porque ambos somos iguales

We can be, in some sense, friends to all men because there is no man on earth with whom we do not have something in common. But it would be false to treat too many men as intimate friends. It is not possible to be intimate with more than very few, because there are only very few in the world with whom we have practically everything in common. Love, then, must

Many Americans still mistakenly believe that leaders of the religious right confine their attention to a few hot-button concerns and that if we could just find "common ground" on, say, abortion, the hostilities would cease. The religion I found in Tulare, however, is mostly about money and power.

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

There is a common ground upon which all sincere votaries of truth may meet, exchanging with each other the language of Flamsteed's appeal to Newton, "The works of the Eternal Providence will be better understood through your labors and mine.

From my perception, listen: the game is different on turf, but it's the same for everybody.

There's an intelligent redneck in all of us somewhere.

I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.

He thought how much he liked her and had in common with her, and how much she'd like and have in common with him if she only knew him.

I know all about mirroring, Beck. One of the best ways to get someone to trust you is to focus on what you have in common.

No Last Meal for you guys, either. Guess we have that in common." Someone bust out the pom-poms and cheer for the team. Yay.

I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.

Six feet of dirt make all men equal.

1.  Start with agreement. If you know you are likely to end up in a disagreement, start your discussion with the common ground you share.

We have more in common than I thought, he mused wryly. He liked the idea that, if either of them ever fell from grace, the other might be there to offer support. It's always easier to become friends with someone you have something in common with. I just hope it doesn't take some socially disastrous fall before she'll consider the possibility I might be a friend.

We're all on the same side. Even her. You can be on the same side and have different ideas.

God created us equal. Money and talent might be seen as setting us apart. But underneath, we're all the same.