Quotes About Agreement

My little Matthew, Isabelle at once snapped back at him, when two people agree, it means one of them is redundant

He was also terrified that he hadn't properly read the small print of their relationship. He forgot that true friendship is a contract in which there can be no small print.

This egoic sense of lack creates a feeling of having a problem that needs to be fixed, which the ego is glad to offer advice about. The thoughts in your mind send you here and there, trying to fix a problem that only exists in your mind. The fact that other people's minds might agree that you have a problem doesn't make an imaginary problem real, but their agreement does make imaginary problems seem real.

it's an even bargain -one in which we both lose.

When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.

he took her to wife, she would still study to please him, nor take umbrage at aught that he should do or say, and if she would be obedient, and many other like things, to all of which she answered ay;

Capirsi è bene,non capirsi è meglio

It is not time to dissolve the bands that connect us to one another, but it is time to dissolve the "political" bands that separate us from one another. . . . Let us start by doing what we've been trained for so long not to do: let us declare the causes that unite us.

There is no virtue in being on the same page if it's the wrong page.

If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong

There was no such thing as civilization until individuals ceased carrying arms, and agreed to refer their differences to the courts.

The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, — 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'

My neighbor asked me if he could borrow my lawnmower. I told him he could — as long as he didn't take it out of my yard.

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!

What seems to be one of the disasters of our time is that we all appear to agree that the nation-state is the norm... Whether the state be Marxist or capitalist, it makes no difference. The dominant ideology is that of sovereignty.

With this acceptance of the candy, the marriage was agreed upon.

The partisan clings to his little, fleeting, flimsy opinion, and thinks it the greatest thing in the world. He is so in love with his own conclusion (which is only a form of self love), that he thinks all men ought to agree with him, and he regards men as more or less stupid who do not see as he sees, while he praises the good judgement of those who are one with him in his view. Such a man cannot have knowledge, cannot have truth.

Next time you are in a negotiation, don't forget to relax your face.

Ask them a question like, 'Do you want this project to fail?' or 'Is this situation not going to work out for either side?'" They don't want to fail, so they will say "no." Now you can start to find common ground.

I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.

nobody can live longer in peace than his neighbor chooses.

Consensus does not equal unanimity! Too many managers have interpreted consensus to mean 100% unanimity. Not every person must agree with the decision for there to be consensus; there only needs to be general agreement. General agreement is significantly higher than a 51% majority, but usually falls short of 100% unanimity. It is something that is sensed, rather than quantified. Once a consensus is reached, those who disagreed during the process must agree or get off the ship.

When you make a deal you stick to it. Rock-hard rule. You don't renege, you don't sell out. You hold up your end and expect the other party to do the same. If the other party doesn't, you're entitled to deal with every man of it as you see fit in order to set things right. No--you're more than entitled. You're obligated. Or the rule would mean nothing.

We in the KGB are like Japanese in that we too agree the only sin is failure.