Disagreement Quotes

It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is ‘not me’ in order to have a ‘me’. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don’t like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if ‘just anyone would do’. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with.

I think you are wise. You haven't got what it takes for this job. You are like Rosemary's father. He couldn't understand Lenin's dictum: 'Away with softness.'"I thought of Hercule Poirot's words."I'm content," I said, "to be human...."We sat there in silence, each of use convinced that the other's point of view was wrong.

Agatha Christie

The sciences are not sectarian. People do not persecute each other on account of disagreements in mathematics. Families are not divided about botany, and astronomy does not even tend to make a man hate his father and mother. It is what people do not know, that they persecute each other about. Science will bring, not a sword, but peace.

Robert G. Ingersoll

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

I do not understand this man," [Tempi] said. "Is he attempting to buy sex with me? Or does he wish to fight?

Patrick Rothfuss

During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly 'I don't know.

Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war inside subside?

Anthony Liccione

Together, we form a necessary paradox; not a senseless contradiction.

Only a foolish child would go swimming in the river that swallowed his father.

Bamigboye Olurotimi

I don't agree that life favors the prepared mind because life made me lose my mind.

Luffina Lourduraj

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.", 1953)

Albert Einstein

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

We seldom learn much from someone with whom we agree.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.