Others Disagree Quotes

#1. Some say it is best not to go near the center of time. Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree. They would rather have an eternity of contentment, even if that eternity were fixed and frozen, like a butterfly mounted in a case.

Alan Lightman

#2. It's a strange truth that no matter how persuaded we might be of our own correctness, the discomfiting realization that others disagree with us causes a paralyzing inability to argue the case convincingly.

Brittney Ryan

#3. The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

James Callaghan

#4. I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events.

Bernadine Dohrn

#5. A true leader is a man who can get people to work together on the points on which they agree and who can persuade others that when they disagree there are peaceful methods to settle their differences.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#6. Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

Josefa Iloilo

#7. You've no doubt heard the saying 'knowledge is power.' I disagree. Knowledge is only powerful if you use it, if you act on it.

Brian Moran

#8. It is not surprising that honest and well-informed experts can disagree about facts. But beyond the disagreement about facts, there is another deeper disagreement about values.

Freeman Dyson

#9. I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take, the faster you grow.

Vinod Khosla

#10. If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

Lewis Carroll

#11. Never disagree, agree to reach the destination in a different way.

Debasish Mridha

#12. That's a relief. I hate it when scholars disagree.

Rick Riordan

#13. Congress suffers a great deal of criticism for its partisan acrimony. But while we may disagree politically, and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and defines our relationships.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

#14. The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.

Zach Galifianakis

#15. You want to be a better person? Go listen to someone you disagree with. don't argue with them just listen. It's remarkable what interesting things people will say if you take the time to not be a jerk.

Brandon Sanderson

#16. Good executives, like all good leaders, must expect opposition when making decisions or when making or enforcing the law. But executives must engage those that disagree with them.

Brian Sandoval

#17. He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of negotiation.

Chris Voss

#18. I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view that's reflected in the magazine. My dad believed in the cult of personality. He brought great writers and columnists to 'The Standard.'

Anna Wintour

#19. The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.

Rick Perry

#20. Whackos like Liberty Association belong in jail. I don't care if they're misguided or had bad childhoods. We've all got problems; we don't all try to kill people we disagree with.

Clancy Nacht

#21. I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

Robert M. Gates

#22. Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#23. Followers of Christ are not called to be merely tolerant of others. We are called to love those who disagree with us. Abnormal communication - blessing those who curse us - establishes the relational level of our communication and demonstrates our concern for others.

Tim Muehlhoff

#24. I am free, and always have been; free to accept my own reality, free to trust my perceptions, free to believe what makes me feel sane even if others call me crazy, free to disagree even if it means great loss, free to seek the way home until I find it.

Martha Beck

#25. If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with

Ayn Rand

#26. Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

Janet Yellen

#27. I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.

Martin McGuinness

#28. The more evolved you are the less you will agree or disagree with others, and the more you will gently sift through the fullness of what people are offering and gratefully take only what you need.

Bryant McGill

#29. ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize those who disagree with them - instead of answering their arguments.

Thomas Sowell

#30. This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

Elmer Davis

#31. Live the way you want to live but try to listen what others have to say too. You can always disagree but try to find what is the alternative of disagreement.

Santosh Kalwar

#32. While Jews and Christians both agree on many religious issues, we disagree, and believe each other profoundly wrong, about others.

Meir Soloveichik

#33. Our minds would heat up, If we strongly disagree what others say and it can be overcomed by ignoring their comments.

Saaif Alam

#34. I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

Herbert H. Lehman

#35. We censure others but as they disagree from that humor which we fancy laudable in ourselves, and commend others but for that wherein they seem to quadrate and consent with us.

Thomas Browne

#36. The widespread belief among politicians and pundits is that high test scores are everything. I strongly disagree. What matters most is character. Working hard, treating others with respect and honesty-those are the keys to success.

Hal Urban

#37. I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

John C. Maxwell

#38. We cannot force others to behave differently if they disagree with us. But if we change what we are saying or doing, they may respond differently.

Nabil N. Jamal

#39. People differ to such a degree they agree on nothing,
Except death that is, and even on that they disagree.
Some say the soul goes on after the death of the body
While others claim the soul, with the body, dies too.

Mutannabi

#40. The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial.

Ayn Rand

#41. There's no such thing as values in Sharia law, that is what I was trying to explain, it's understood in thousands of different ways by tens of thousands of different institutions, who really disagree with each other far more than they disagree with people of other religions.

Mark Durie

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

Andrew Sullivan

#43. There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree.

Dave Mason

#44. I have a very clear view, which is that if you disagree with the policies of Israel, fine, say so, but that is never a reason to take that out on Jewish communities.

David Cameron

#45. My son, I don't believe in God, prayer, afterlife or miracles. You may disagree with me on all of these. I'd prefer that you agree and reserve rebellion and independence over important issues instead.

Brian Spellman

#46. Protestants do not very often disagree with what Catholics believe, but they do very often disagree with what they think Catholics believe.

Dwight Longenecker

#47. Constructing a social system that tends to those who agree with it is a piece of cake compared to constructing one that makes those who disagree with it want to obey its principles.

Erik Naggum

#48. Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward they still consider you a nice person with whom the underlying human relationship need not be altered.

Warren Farrell

#49. I always have this red nose in my pocket, and if it looks like I'm taking things too seriously, or the person I'm talking to is taking them too seriously, I put the nose on. It doesn't matter what we're doing or talking about, it doesn't matter if we agree or disagree, the nose changes everything.

Bernie Glassman

#50. What the person means by saying, "You must be open to everything" is really, "You must be open to everything that I am open to, and anything that I disagree with, you must disagree with too." Indian

Ravi Zacharias

#51. For harmony is a symphony, and symphony is an agreement; but an agreement of disagreements while they disagree there cannot be; you cannot harmonize that which disagrees.

Plato

#52. The punishment itself is something I respectfully disagree with, but for thousands and thousands of years it was practiced everywhere.

Werner Herzog

#53. It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us.

Jimmy Carter

#54. 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

#55. If you're asking all this because of Wendell, forget it. Wendell has a few marbles missing when it comes to women. I like that expression very much, even though I disagree. If anything, Wendell has more marbles than he needs when it comes to women.

Francisco X Stork

#56. The only people I've ever heard saying that disagreeing with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld is un-American or treasonous are people who disagree with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Craig Bruce

#57. Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?

Haruki Murakami

#58. It is said that most people judge themselves too harshly. I disagree. If they judged themselves harshly enough, they would come to the conclusion that they're the last person on Earth to be judging anyone.

Silvia Hartmann

#59. I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you.

Augustus De Morgan

#60. I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or "incentives" for skill.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#61. Our religious systems have taught us to "train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6) I couldn't disagree more. How about, "feed a child what it needs, so when it gets grows up, it will "be" its own unique unpredictably creative self.

Christopher Zzenn Loren

#62. If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#63. I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

Neil Cavuto

#64. A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.

Roger Ebert

#65. It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles.

Muriel Spark

#66. I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

Simon Baker

#67. What is good about the United States is the sense that you can disagree with the government and not be seen as unpatriotic, although many in the government will try to make you seem unpatriotic.

George J. Mitchell

#68. My husband would do anything for me ... ' It's degrading. No human being ought to have such power over another."
"It's a very real power, Harriet."
"Then ... we won't use it. If we disagree, we'll fight it out like gentlemen. We won't stand for matrimonial blackmail.

Dorothy L. Sayers

#69. Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.

Donald Rumsfeld

#70. 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

#71. It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree.

Robert Gottlieb

#72. I disagree with the advice of 'write about what you know.' Write about what you need to know, in an effort to understand.

Donald Windham

#73. I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?

Scott Ritter

#74. The Tucson speech [of Barack Obama] was brilliant, and I'm so angry at Republicans for jumping on him because you have to give credit. Part of being successful is to give credit to people who you may not disagree with when they do well.

Frank Luntz

#75. I have liberal friends. They are misguided, they are wrong. I disagree with them. I don't want them to vote. I want them to go on vacation in November.

Sean Hannity

#76. Some people believe linking to Wikipedia is bad practice, but I disagree. I'd rather link directly to a topic that is continuously being improved than referring to part of a dead tree that is hard to obtain because it is either expensive or out of stock.

Jurgen Appelo

#77. We've always known that Democrats are anti-war, and we've always known that we can't really count on them when it comes to national defense. But we have finally seen with whom they will go to war: the American people who disagree with them.

Rush Limbaugh

#78. When two people are free to disagree, they are free to love. When they are not free, they live in fear, and love dies.

Henry Cloud