Quotes About Agreement

for everyone says something repeatedly and is misunderstood, this is the only point where everybody understands everybody else, he said, I thought. One

I could never divide my selfe from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgement for not agreeing with mee in that, from which perhaps within a few days I should dissent my selfe...

the unmistakable miracle: there is a consensus.

I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only - only - don't make it more than I can bear!

He was a person who agreed with everything his victim said before he killed him.

You really must look at me when I'm talking to you," Kabakov said. "Are you ready to cooperate? Blink for yes. Die for no.

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent

It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.

T]he value of all things contracted for, is measured by the Appetite of the Contractors: and therefore the just value, is that which they be contented to give.

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as farre-forth, as for Peace, and defence of himselfe he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himselfe.

Covenants, without the sword, are but words

We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.

Perhaps it's theater, but they SEEM no longer to be Allies...though the history they have invented for themselves conditions us to expect postwar rivalries, when in fact it may all be a giant cartel including winners and losers both, in an amiable agreement to share what is there to be shared...

the very commonness of common sense makes it unlikely to have any appeal to the anointed. How can they be wiser and nobler than everyone else while agreeing with everyone else?

In short, reducing the set of mutually acceptable terms tends to reduce the set of mutually acceptable results, with both tenants and landlords ending up worse off on the whole, though in different ways.

Deal," he said, and he unbuckled the strap.

location. Alaina gave a last pat to the freshly made bed in the newly occupied room and sat down on it, facing Mindy. She smoothed the quilted bedspread beside her as she asked, "Will you sleep here now?" Mindy's nod came without hesitation, but again there were no words, only the fleeting smile

They always ended up with one person doing all of the conceding and the other getting off scot-free.

I believe, and now I suspect we're more alike than I'd imagined." She raised her right hand. "You shall have my word," she said. "No more secrets. Unless they're ours together.

A black luxury car at a Gibbes Museum event? Not exactly a rarity. But I don't believe in coincidence. My body was tired, and my mind completely shot, but my instincts were wide-awake. And they were in total agreement. I'm being followed.

Stay here til I come to fetch you." I no longer recognize you in the Republic of Joy," I loftily informed him. "Our diplomatic ties are severed." Unsever them," he growled, "or the Country of Raphael will be forced to declare your republic a protectorate." Dictator," I muttered. For life," he agreed.

I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me. We agree to disagree.

Today he told Erec "Fun is for having. It is the one thing that is forever." Erec agreed.

If they could redirect the energy they'd spent on trying to find fault with the other side and put it toward finding a new direction that worked for everyone, they could all benefit.