Conflict Quotes · Page 59

Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict.

— Avigdor Lieberman

“Forget professional,” Penny said. “Tonight, you and I are just man and woman like Adam and Eve, Tarzan and Jane.”

— Shafter Bailey

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

— Zhuangzi

If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'pro' one side or the other in a conflict,

— Eddie Vedder

Conflict can be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new dance is created.

— Thomas Crum

Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To practice the process of conflict resolution, we must completely abandon the goal of getting people to do what we want.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“No ONE MENTIONS YOUR TEARS, SADNESS OR SLOW DEATH! BUT, WE FEEL YOUR FALLEN TEARS, YOUR BEHEADED BODIES, YOUR RAPED DIGNITY!”

— Widad Akrawi

The House Of Commons has never been a tea-party. It consists of strong-minded, often very idealistic people, who are trying to accomplish…

— John Allen Fraser

Soon after I graduated from Columbia University grad school, the war in Iraq started. I was a young freelance journalist with no…

— Mariana van Zeller

I love and in a way need, a private secret place. It's a kind of deep obsession, but I also love to…

— Morris Graves

People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a…

— Anonymous

Peace can be threatening because peace is the absence of problems and conflict. There is something, perhaps in the personal you, that…

— Eckhart Tolle

The Knack were a very, very powerful band, and you got to understand, when they came in, all the punk stuff was…

— Jon Taffer

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but…

— Michael Douglas

Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of all this world, the hopes…

— Richard Watson Gilder

If we want energy security, then we have to reduce our appetite for fossil fuels. There's no other way. Other issues may…

— Robert Redford

When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world... There is a…

— Hillary Clinton

Marriage is the lightning rod that absorbs anxiety and stress from all other sources, past and present. When marriage has a firm…

— Harriet Lerner

“Even after centuries of human interacting, children still continue to rebel against their parents and siblings. Young marrieds look upon their in-laws…

— Leo Buscaglia

It is very difficult in quarreling to be certain in either one what the other one is remembering. It is very often…

— Gertrude Stein

I am also full of admiration for Chelsea Manning [formerly PFC Bradley Manning]. Regardless of which side of the argument you're on,…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

The libertarian good society lies... in the maximum dispersion of property compatible with effective production or, as process, in progressive reconciliation of…

— Henry Calvert Simons

The Chinese military budget today is officially listed as, I think, about $15 billion. But even if you double it, that's only…

— Henry A. Kissinger

The conflict between Japan and Chiang is little affected by the fall of the Wuhan cities and Sino-Japanese hostilities have just started.

— Seishiro Itagaki

People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.

— John Yoo

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

— Jehane Noujaim

Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.

— John Ashcroft

“Conflict is a natural part of existence. Life is a struggle for survival for every organism at every level.”

— Bryant McGill

A strong man understands some battles cannot be won, but a wise man can see that some battles are actually not battles…

— Ash Sweeney

It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

— Hillary Clinton

I didn't like the 'Survivor' shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create.

— Sharon Lawrence

I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I'll be fine tonight.Tonight, is not just the only night.Same old hurt, I felt last night.Same old feelings but I'll be alright.

— Louaiq8

I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

— John Fund

The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become…

— Jürgen Moltmann

There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether…

— Jack Nicholson

Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.

— Mahatma Gandhi

You will be most effective when members can complement each other without embarrassment and disagree without fear.

— Peter R. Scholtes