Disagree Quotes - Page 6

• What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

  John Brunner

  People, Want, Way

  John Brunner (2014). “The Jagged Orbit”, p.18, Open Road Media

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• O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace: and God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy: As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enough besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.

  John Milton

  War, Night, Men

  John Milton, David Scott Kastan “Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)”, Hackett Publishing

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• But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right?" "Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Way, Compromise, Knows

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Sugar Daddy: Number 1 in series”, p.184, Hachette UK

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• … that sour blend of loneliness and lust for recognition, shyness and extravagance, deep insecurity and self-intoxicated egomania, that drives poets and writers out of their rooms to seek each other out, to rub shoulders with one another, bully, joke, condescend, feel each other, lay a hand on a shoulder or an arm round a waist, to chat and argue with little nudges, to spy a little, sniff out what is cooking in other pots, flatter, disagree, collude, be right, take offence, apologise, make amends, avoid each other, and seek each other’s company again.

  Amos Oz

  Loneliness, Self, Hands

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• Animals obviously ranked higher in Michaela's world view than humans. Having seen some of the things humans were capable of, Elena couldn't disagree.

  Nalini Singh

  Animal, Views, World

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.205, Penguin

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• No matter how dark the room gets I can always see. It looks emptier when I put the lights on so I don't do it if I can help it. Brightness disagrees with me: it hurts my eyes, wastes electricity and encourages moths, all sorts of things. I sit in the dark for a number of reasons.

  Janice Galloway

  Hurt, Eye, Dark

  Janice Galloway (1989). “The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel”

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• You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?

  Mindy Kaling

  Revenge, Advice, Faces

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.4, Crown/Archetype

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• Read things you're sure will disagree with your current thinking. If you're a die-hard anti-animal person, read Meat. If you're a die-hard global warming advocate, read Glenn Beck. If you're a Rush Limbaugh fan, read James W. Loewen's Lies My Teachers Told Me. It'll do your mind good and get your heart rate up.

  Joel Salatin

  Teacher, Lying, Heart

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• Allowances can always be made for your friends to disagree with you. Disagreement, vehement disagreement, is healthy. Debate is impossible without it. Evil does not question itself, only hope questions itself. Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All laws can be broken and are. Often. Like when a bumblebee flies or an ancient regime is toppled.

  Craig Ferguson

  Men, Law, Evil

  Craig Ferguson (2007). “Between the Bridge and the River”, p.208, Chronicle Books

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• I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my favourite leisure activity.

  Ben Goldacre

  Leisure Activities, Talking, People

  Ben Goldacre (2008). “Bad Science”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• There are some audiences who are uncomfortable with the ambiguity, though. They want a film to chew their food for them, they want Hollywood endings that tie everything together in the end and answer all of the questions. They are usually people on one extreme of the political spectrum or other and they haven't been happy because the film is not polemical enough on their side. They aren't usually people who aren't interested in understanding points of view that they disagree with - they just want to attack their opponents - and I'm ok with them not liking the film.

  Marshall Curry

  People, Political, Understanding

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• Education is power, it changes your whole life, it can create a life for yourself. So the more educated you are, the more you learn about what you care about, you become a more caring person. And if you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with, without denigrating or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. And you may even change their mind, or they may change yours.

  Amy Poehler

  Caring, Mind, Insulting

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• The Savior taught us to love not only our friends but also those who disagree with us- and even those who repudiate us.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Taught Us, Taught, Savior

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• I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems

  Tom Selleck

  Heart, People, Hollywood

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• Even after the Super Bowl victory of the New Orleans Saints, I have noticed a large number of people implying, with bad jokes, that Cajuns aren't smart. I would like to state for the record that I disagree with that assessment. Anybody that would build a city
  5 feet below sea level in a hurricane zone and fill it with Democrats who can't swim is a genius.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Smart, New Orleans, Assessment

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• The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does. They say they're tolerant, and they're anything but tolerant of people who disagree with them and support traditional values.

  Rick Santorum

  Bullying, People, Support

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• The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that.

  Rick Santorum

  Passion, Rights, Ideas

  "Raw Data: Excerpts of Santorum's AP Interview". Associated Press Interveiw, www.foxnews.com. April 22, 2003.

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• In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

  Milton Berle

  Men, Three, Speak

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• There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.

  Joe Scarborough

  Morning, People, Argument

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• Anyone interested in the past, present, or future of banking and financial crises should read The Bankers' New Clothes. Admati and Hellwig provide a forceful and accessible analysis of the recent financial crisis and offer proposals to prevent future financial failures. While controversial, these proposals--whether you agree or disagree with them--will force you to think through the problems and solutions.

  Michael J. Boskin

  Past, Thinking, Clothes

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• When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue, because, as men of science, they know that neither is infallible. But when two theologians differ, since there is no criteria to which either can appeal, there is nothing for it but mutual hatred and an open or covert appeal to force.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Two, Issues

  Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with.

  Gerard K. O'Neill

  Respect, Peace, Freedom

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• When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?

  Thomas Sowell

  Errors, Sin, Human Nature

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• If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.

  Darryl F. Zanuck

  Teamwork, Time, Jobs

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• Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

  Bob Ehrlich

  Philosophy, Thoughtful, People

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