Disagree Quotes - Page 8

• I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself

  Guillermo Cabrera Infante

  Writing, Thinking, Literature

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• Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.

  Nick Rahall

  Intelligent, People, Goal

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• If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.

  Kofi Annan

  Talking, Opponents, Calling

  Kofi Annan (2012). “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace”, p.1978, Penguin

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• I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child. I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.

  Adrian Peterson

  Children, People, Alternatives

  "NFL Star Adrian Peterson Cleared to Play by Vikings, Speaks Publicly on Child Abuse Charge" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 15, 2014.

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• I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening of doors into the Other World', and with his belief that drugs can procure 'what Catholic theologians call a gratuitous grace'. Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.

  Arthur Koestler

  Philosophy, Doors, Other Worlds

  Arthur Koestler (1981). “Kaleidoscope: essays from Drinkers of infinity, and The heel of Achilles and later pieces and stories”, Vintage

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• And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting.

  Marvin Olasky

  Wimps, Causes, Speak

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• I disagree with what the majority of the American people want.

  John McCain

  People, Majority, Want

  "McCain Looks Ahead". "60 Minutes" with Scott Pelley, www.cbsnews.com. March 7, 2008.

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• I'm not trying to sign people up to a creed, I'm much more interested in the people that disagree. These ideas are powerful but this isn't mysticism in the ordinary sense to be protected by mumblings about faith and all that. This is the real thing.

  Terence McKenna

  Powerful, Real, Ideas

  I-D Magazine Interview, 1996.

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• The thing I like about our fans is that they are smart, they are good-looking and we can agree to disagree

  Martie Maguire

  Smart, Fans, Agree To Disagree

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• I am enduring. You can disagree with me.

  Geraldo Rivera

  Endure

  "Geraldo Defends his Jacko Interview". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. 11, 2005.

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• I cannot disagree with you that having something like 500 economists is extremely unhealthy. As you say, it is not conducive to independent, objective research. You and I know there has been censorship of the material published. Equally important, the location of the economists in the Federal Reserve has had a significant influence on the kind of research they do, biasing that research toward noncontroversial technical papers on method as opposed to substantive papers on policy and results

  Milton Friedman

  Independent, Political, Important

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• The world believes all blondes are stupid and brunettes are smarter. Well, I disagree.

  Anna Kournikova

  Sports, Stupid, Believe

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• Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they'll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in.

  Lev Grossman

  Believe, Book, Order

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• I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

  Andrew Sullivan

  People, Political, Enjoy

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• Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.

  Oscar Wilde

  Marriage, Men, Agree

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn't. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. A jury said he wasn't. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.

  Al Sharpton

  Believe, Doe, Racist

  "Talk:Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics". Interview with David Shankbone, en.wikinews.org. December 3, 2007.

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• There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

  Natalie Coughlin

  Team, Adages, Complacent

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• When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of the problems in the church is that people are not willing to do that. People have arrived at a place where they think they have got the answer.

  Walter Brueggemann

  Thinking, People, Church

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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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• Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president.

  Jim Jeffords

  Issues, President, Fundamentals

  "Senator Jim Jeffords Leaves GOP, Handing Senate to Democrats". "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw and Lisa Myers, archives.nbclearn.com. May 24, 2001.

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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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• 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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