Quotes About Agreement

But perhaps the greatest threat is that we lack the mechanism of consensus, a way of making up our collective minds.

In Sergeant McCaustic I had found my personal hair shirt. We had come to an understanding within a day or two; that is, we had agreed that we were incompatible.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Were I in philosophic agreement with Mr. Chambers, I would say that his review is the proof of his doctrine that men are born with Original Sin and are inherently corrupt. But I am not in agreement with Mr. Chambers. He cannot blame Adam or God for that review. It is his responsibility.

Money—which isn't real, by the way, but just what we agree it is—isn't our greatest asset. Our mind is. Train it well. Millions can be made from nothing more than ideas and agreements.

Cigars should be like onions, she said, unfastening the catch and pushing back the pane. Either the whole company does, or the whole company does not.

Say yes, babe, or I'll spill you off over the Wall next time - got it?

in alignment. Their video matches their audio.

Once the Lutheran churches were secure, Luther, like most other leaders of the Reformations, believed in freedom of conscience only for those who agreed with him.

Durante más de doce años, Bruce Patton ha colaborado con nosotros en redactar y explicar todas las ideas de este libro. El año pasado se hizo cargo de la difícil tarea de volcar nuestro pensamiento conjunto en un texto con el que estuviéramos todos de acuerdo. Es un placer darle la bienvenida a Bruce, editor de la primera y coautor de esta segunda edición.

At the very least, if you and the other side cannot reach first-order agreement, you can usually reach second-order agreement—that is, agree on where you disagree, so that you both know the issues in dispute, which are not always obvious.

To get what we want, we are compelled to negotiate.

Agreement is often based on disagreement. It is as absurd to think, for example, that you should always begin by reaching agreement on the facts as it is for a buyer of stock to try to convince the seller that the stock is likely to go up. If they did agree that the stock would go up, the seller would probably not sell. What makes a deal likely is that the buyer believes the price will go up and the seller believes it will go down.

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future world depends.

what is the best advice one could give a husband and wife getting divorced who want to know how to reach a fair and mutually satisfactory agreement without ending up in a bitter fight?

In contrast to positional bargaining, the principled negotiation method of focusing on basic interests, mutually satisfying options, and fair standards typically results in a wise agreement. The method permits you to reach a gradual consensus on a joint decision efficiently.

Even apart from a shared interest in averting joint loss, there almost always exists the possibility of joint gain. This may take the form of developing a mutually advantageous relationship, or of satisfying the interests of each side with a creative solution.

Implicit in our sense of beauty is the thought of community—of the agreement in judgements that makes social life possible and worthwhile.

Washington quibbled with Hamilton on one or two points but otherwise stood in perfect agreement. His letter to Hamilton again corroborates what the Jeffersonians found difficult to credit: that Washington never shied away from differing with the redoubtable Hamilton but agreed with him on the vast majority of issues.

This fierce defender of private property—this man for whom contracts were to be sacred covenants—expressly denied the sanctity of any agreement that stripped people of their freedom.

When someone asked if he had ever doubted the North's final victory, he shot back, "Never for a moment." He quoted Seward, saying "that there was always just enough virtue in this republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency, and he agreed with Mr. Seward in this view.

beneath the competitive veneer, the Rothschilds were eager to come to terms with Standard Oil:

After the agreement fell apart, the disorganized producers lost all incentive to curtail production, feeding another downward spiral in oil prices.

Though Potts wished to fight on, Scott was inclined to relent.