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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

Quote by Aristotel about thinking

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about history

I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

Quote by George W. Bush about country, people

A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about contentment

And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about adventure, revolution

It was in the interests of setting the theory of reincarnation at rest and disproving it roundly, that I agreed to work exploring the matter.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about rest, work

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed its point.

Quote by Maria Callas about music, heart

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.

Quote by Jane Austen about suspicion, woman

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.

Quote by Jane Austen about nation, problems, people

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Quote by Jane Austen about nation, problems, people

Here in America you are very strong about publicly pushing women to openly say they are gay, but I don't agree. I think it is very shocking.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about contentment

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Quote by Winston Churchill about criticism, attention, pain, body, state, human imperfections, things

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Quote by Winston Churchill about power

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about literature, contentment

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

Quote by Dennis Farina

With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.

Quote by Brett Favre about season, chance, games

And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.

Quote by Elton John about name, change

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth, man

If your Check-Book and Bank-Balance Sheet agree... Re-Do-It... You Goofed Up.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bankers, contentment

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about parents, communism, reason, contentment