Conflict Quote by Margaret Heffernan Download Open image “We have to see conflict as thinking and then get really good at it.” — Margaret Heffernan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conflict Get real Inspirational Thinking War
If we aren't going to be afraid of conflict, we have to see it as thinking. — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity,… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Conflict is good in a negotiation process... it's the clash of two ideas, which then, all being well, produces a third idea. — Luke Roberts Copy Share Image
I always try to look at conflicts from as many different angles as is humanly possible, and in a lot of ways there is… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Some people can find all the peace of mind they need in a good, satisfying conflict. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
When conflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win. — Thomas Crum Copy Share Image
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
The biggest catastrophes that we've witnessed rarely come from information that is secret or hidden. It comes from information that is freely available and… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
I haven't always hated McDonald's. When my kids were little and I lived in the U.S., they were as susceptible as anyone to Happy… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
I hate people walking down the street listening to the soundtrack of their lives which responds to them but not their setting. I hate… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
The vast literature concerning whistleblowers shows that, far from weird extremists, they are really quite ordinary people: male and female, young and old, junior… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
“Indeed, there seems to be some evidence not only that all love is based on illusion — but that love positively requires illusion in… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear an honest… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class. — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Huge open source organizations like Red Hat and Mozilla manage the collaboration of hundreds of people who don't know one another and have spent… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully. — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages again, the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country - a border culture. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way. — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar ethnic cuisine; your diaspora , from what I understand, is mostly in Southern California, three time zones removed from the national media in New York; and you don't have a recognizable, long-simmering conflict like the one… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades of conflict. The blue helmets and their civilian colleagues work together to organize elections, enact police and judicial reform, promote and protect human rights, conduct mine-clearance, advance gender equality, achieve the voluntary disarmament of former… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
