David Levithan Quotes

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.

The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed.

If you find someone who agrees with you 80 percent of the time that is your friend not your enemy.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Whenever you accept our views we shall be in full agreement with you.

Decisions will be made to the contentment of all parties.

You have to find a partner when you're making a deal. You cant just say 'I need to make this deal and do whatever it possibly takes to make it.' That's not how it works.

To me consensus seems to be - the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no-one believes, but to which no-one objects - the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner "I stand for consensus"?

Harmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely.

Pick a sin we can both live with, is what I ask.

I'll take the deal, whatever you want to do.

In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it's going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.

Even if we don't agree, we should agree to work together.

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

In order to carry through any undertaking in family life, there must necessarily be either complete division between the husband and wife, or loving agreement. When the relations of a couple are vacillating and neither one thing nor the other, no sort of enterprise can be undertake. Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.

We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she's getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it's working.

In the opening to the Mary Tyler Moore Show Mary's in the supermarket, hurrying through the aisles. She pauses at the meat case, picks up a steak and checks the price. Then rolls her eyes, shrugs and tosses it in the cart. That's kind of how I feel. Sure I would have liked things to be different. But, 'roll of eyes' what can you do? 'shrug' I threw the meat in my cart and moved on.

Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.