#dispute

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#ages #also #arguing #both #demonstrated

The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#criminal #current #disputes #element #forcing

There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#better #between #conflicts #disputes #educate

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#concern #disputes #great #lead #longer

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#consider #die #dispute #during #enraged

It causes me great pain to sue the company I work for. Nevertheless, I had to do it. Suffice it to say, there's a dispute and I believe I haven't been given what is mine. ↗

— Howard Stern

#believe #causes #company #dispute #given

Sorry, I said to myself, wondering how many times in my marriage I'd said that, how many times I'd meant it, how many times Claire had actually believed it, and, most important, how many times the utterance had any impact whatsoever on our dispute. What a lovely chart one could draw of this word Sorry. ↗

— Ben Marcus

#disputes #marriage #relationships #sorry #love

When two wise men are blaming one another, then time has come for you to be the third one. ↗

— Toba Beta

#different #dispute #enemy #new-one #wisdom

...Obyann, you're talking about the Landemere-Ramaldah border dispute of 1416. Damn it, man, that was in the time of our grandfathers. ↗

— Andrew Ashling

#borders #feuds #grudges #land-disputes #sins-of-the-fathers

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes