Quotes About Agreement

The hand does not argue with the head.

I swear it by earth and water," said the boy in green. "I swear it by bronze and iron," his sister said. "We swear it by ice and fire," they finished together.

The new-made Lord Quenton had two strong sons and a plump grandson to assure the succession, but as his first wife had been carried off by spotted fever three years earlier, he further agreed to take one of Lord Tully's daughters as his bride.

articles of agreement which were to bind these friends in a common partnership, whereby it was understood

Never judge a critic by your agreement with his likes and dislikes.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different.

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different.

Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. On the contrary, in friendship union is more about ideal things: and in that sense it is more ideal and less subject to trouble than marriage is.

We laughed at the same things, and we liked the same things. What more is needed for agreeable society?

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

It is easier to make war than peace.

Unless and until all members of a team have a common understanding of the problem, attempts to solve the problem are just so much wasted energy.

I cannot say that I have faith anymore. Hope, perhaps. We have agreed that it will do for now.

Love . . . binds everything together in perfect harmony.

(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.

While you don't need a formal written contract before you get married, I think it's important for both partners to spell out what they expect from each other.... There are always plenty of surprises-and lots of give and take-once you're married.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell; involving both parties in atrocious criminality and should be immediately annulled.

"Let us agree not to step on each other's feet," said the cock to the horse.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.