Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's imperative that something positive comes out of the negotiations in Geneva. The cease-fire agreement serves as the basis for a permanent peace settlement.

It was not expected to reach an agreement... but to present various opinions and explore different views, and it was quite successful.

Mahmoud Abbas

It was a good meeting, ... We discussed the (Gaza) agreement reached yesterday. We discussed the continuation of such meetings.

Thom Mayne

New York is this cacophony - a collection of radical differences, an agreement of non sequiturs. The diversity and intensity are startling.

Not having a point of agreement can tend to be frustrating on both sides. Communication helps to keep the emotions managed.

It's always been the pilots' goal to work with management and to try and seek a consensual agreement that would try to satisfy the parties' needs. This is a path they have chosen; it's not a path we'd prefer.

It may simply be that New York is a state where there's more agreement that we're responsible for one another to some degree, and that may not be so strongly felt in other parts of the country.

It's going to be up for discussion but we need an alternative to keep everybody's feet to the fire. When I say it's an incentive-driven bill, that one (triple damages) was one of the incentives to keep both parties interested in an agreement instead of running right to court.

It's going to be necessary, because we couldn't reach the voluntary sale agreement.

We are not doing well in the U.K., and the first step to taking care of that is to get an agreement with Vodafone.

We had an idea (this could happen) if the collective bargaining agreement wasn't reached.

We're not going to have a rich agreement, but we're going to have a responsible agreement.

Nelson Goodman

Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we are unwilling to accept; an inference is rejected if it violates a rule we are unwilling to amend.

Nelson Goodman

Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous.

An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.

Noam Chomsky

It's not a free trade agreement. It has virtually nothing to do with free trade... It's a protectionist agreement; it's anti free-trade.

Mike Pence

It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals.

Paul Newman

Now then, if we were to go the lowest road and plaster my face on the bottle of oil and vinegar dressing just to line our pockets, it would sink. But to go the low road to get to the high road- shameless exploitation for charity, for the common good- now that's an idea worth the hustle, a reciprocal trade agreement.

Matt Groening

But we all had an agreement to let each other get away with everything! That's Capitalism!

Marshall McLuhan

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

Jurgen Habermas

Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized.

Muqtada al Sadr

I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements.

Ken Wilber

Saving the biosphere depends first and foremost on human beings reaching mutual understanding and unforced agreement as to common ends. And that intersubjective accord occurs only in the noosphere. Anything short of that noospheric accord will continue to destroy the biosphere.

Kim Harrison

Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David’s answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement.

Mary Ritter Beard

The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall accept the capitalist system of production and make terms of peace with it.

Nick Hornby

We have one of those conversations where every thing clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even our punctuation marks, seem to be nodding in agreement.

Matt Damon

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

Marvin J. Ashton

The gospel is one of harmony, unity, and agreement. It must be presented in love, and with glad tidings, by those who are calm.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.

Neelie Kroes

The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation.

Mitt Romney

Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.

Publilius Syrus

Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.

Paul Ricoeur

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.