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Quotes About Agreement

I agree. I certainly like your mouth
~ Richelle Mead
When it came to the strong-willed women in my life, I found it was sometimes easiest to nod and agree with whatever they dictated was best.
~ Richelle Mead
You know what I like about you, Mase? You think just like I do." "Frightening concept ," Mead, Richelle (2007-08-16). Vampire Academy (pp. 85-86). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.
~ Richelle Mead
Whereupon the three men all shook hands with one another and swore a solemn oath that they would not go back to their farms until the fox was caught.
~ Roald Dahl
Run along." Outside in the corridor, we made a pact
~ Roald Dahl
Do steers make treaties with meat packers?
~ Robert A Heinlein
After he returned from Washington, Johnson came into Rowe's room and said, "I agree with everything you said." Perhaps he did agree—intellectually. But he didn't take the advice. He couldn't. He was beyond listening to warnings, as was demonstrated the next day, when the convention opened.
~ Robert A. Caro
covert contracts and caretaking only lead to frustration and resentment.
~ Robert A. Glover
Prof is right; more than three people can't decide anything.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
That's a subject as safe as being in favor of Christmas.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
He ate what was set before him
~ Robert A. Heinlein
more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better—and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
The essence of authority, as he saw, was Law—that is, fiat—that is, effective communication running one way only. The essence of a libertarian system, as he also saw, was Contract—that is, mutual agreement—that is, effective communication running both ways. (Redundance of control is the technical cybernetic phrase.)
~ Robert Anton Wilson
Which would you consider more real — the abstract Architect's floor plan — which shows something nobody ever sees in experience but which all can agree serves a useful function — or the various drawings from individual perspectives, which show the plural realities that people actually see, but which have no practical function?
~ Robert Anton Wilson
You think I'm deeply disturbed?" Susan said. "Yes," I said. She nodded. "Yes," she said. "I think you're right." Then
~ Robert B. Parker
No trouble at all. Mother's gone back to bed, and she won't be doing any cooking—I was only going to set out some cold cuts and make some coffee. If that's all right with you." "Well——
~ Robert Bloch
He nodded, approving. When he nodded, the two lesser attorneys nodded, too. No one had bothered to introduce them, but they didn't seem to mind.
~ Robert Crais
She didn't say anything for a time, and then she said, "Well, in this case the powers that be are probably right." I nodded, but she probably couldn't see it. "I don't believe Truly had a secret agreement with Teddy Martin. Green fabricated that, just as he fabricated the business about Pritzik and Richards.
~ Robert Crais
I believe, whoever sees the Grail will find it agreeable. It charms all those of this land, they find it pleasant and agreeable; those who are able to remain with it and can bear its presence, when they see it they feel delight, they are as happy as a fish when a man holds it in his hand, and it can escape from his hand and return to swimming unconfined in the water.
~ Robert de Boron
Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That's voting.
~ Robert Frost
Two such as you with such a master speed Cannot be parted nor be swept away From one another once you are agreed That life is only life forevermore Together wing to wing and oar to oar
~ Robert Frost
He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, Good fences make good neighbors.
~ Robert Frost
LAW 9 WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENT JUDGMENT Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.
~ Robert Greene
People with differences can work together if they have the same purpose. Paul wants all of them to think along the same lines, and to have a united purpose.
~ Kenneth E. Bailey