Dean Inge Quotes

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

We may disagree on methods [with Martin Luther King], but we don't have to argue all day on methods.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

Having three kids at home is sometimes like dealing with Democrats and Republicans when you're choosing a restaurant.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

Discussion in America means dissent.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

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

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.

On no question can a perfect unanimity be hoped.

When men understand what each other mean, they see for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.

I can't force people to agree with me.

Naturally, Brie and I bicker, like, every 10 minutes about everything in life.

You can never get two members of the family to agree on anything.

You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

We can't always agree on everything.

Because everyone in the world has the power to edit, Wikipedia has long been plagued by the so-called edit war. This is like a house where the husband wants it warm and the wife wants it cool and they sneak back and forth adjusting the thermostat at cross purposes.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

Some matters are simply contentious. Sometimes you're never going to get it right.

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

I don't like confrontation.