Explicit disagreement is better than implicit…

And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.

— Jean Ferris

There is quite a lot of mutual misunderstanding between the upper middle class and the working class. Reviewing what's been said about the white…

— Timothy Noah

The tango is the man and woman in search of each other. It is the search for an embrace, a way to be together,…

— Juan Carlos Copes

The situation around Terri Schiavo was a deeply held conflict over what to do if someone isn't going to return to consciousness or competence.…

— Ezekiel Emanuel

But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this…

— Colin Powell

I should probably be careful admitting this, but sometimes, when my characters are having a disagreement, it's a disagreement I'm having with myself. I…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

— Ronald Knox

“Who knows what goes on in a marriage? Even my parents, who had a compatible marriage, had their points of contention. They had figured…

— Ranjani Rao

It is never just disagreement but always intellectual dishonesty that is the apologist's worst enemy. And its apprentice is ignorance.

— Criss Jami

The sea answers all questions, and always in the same way; for when you read in the papers the interminable discussions and the bickering…

— E. B. White

One of the great qualities of Chancellor Merkel is that she is steady. She analyzes a situation. She's honest. Sometimes we've had disagreements, but…

— Barack Obama

“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on…

— Thomas Paine

A friend's loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might fight with your friend, even get angry…

— Matthew Reilly

“I know quite well why I became a historian… It was because dissension was frowned upon when I was a child: 'Don't argue, Claudia,'…

— Penelope Lively