Best 1098 quotes in «conflict quotes» category

A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.

Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of its force, I should feel that it must be resisted.

Artists can help re-imagine a conflict and start a dialogue.

A story can take you through a whole process of searching, seeking, confronting, through conflicts, and then to a resolution. As the storyteller and the listener, we go through a story together.

Based on information from the Pentagon and estimates by analysts such as former Reagan Pentagon official Lawrence Korb, the costs of restoring destroyed and damaged Army and Marine Corps equipment is now estimated to be close to $30 billion, and it will grow by an additional $14 billion for every additional year we stay in Iraq. Even if these funds were available tomorrow, it would take years to restore the forces to the state they were in at the outset of the conflict.

Being a New Jersey native, going down to the shore for my whole life, it's a big thing that out of towners are very much looked down on and there is a real conflict between the locals and the Bennies - people that are out of towners, not from the shore. That's slang going back in the day.

Besides problems of traditional societies, the Caucasus has to cope with quite a few unsettled territorial conflicts that also nurture authoritarian governmental structures.

Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.

But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend.

Between our way of life and communism there can be no peace, no paralyzing coexistence, no gray neutralism. There can only be conflict-total and without reconciliation.

But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an enemy that is not a state.

By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us to get a determinate picture of the existing world. We must eliminate some of the conflicting possibilities, and this can be brought about only by experiment and observation.

Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.

Can one consider controversy without falling into it?

...Choice in every form is conflict. Contradiction is inevitable in choice; this contradiction, inner and outer breeds confusion and misery.

Certainly I think being an absentee farther helps in adding a layer of conflict.

Choosing to leave the lesbian life brings us into direct conflict with the satanic realm.

Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.

Clearly, Im drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.

Clearly, there aren't enough positive moments or interactions happening in the workplace. As a result, our economy suffers, companies suffer, and individual relationships suffer.

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

Conflict isn't negative, it just is.

Communism is in conflict with human nature.

Conflict exists only when there are two opposing things: fear and non-fear, violence and non-violence.

Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion. As we learn to know and appreciate those of various cultures, we come to appreciate them.

Conflicting economic interest is relatively unimportant as a cause of war.

Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.

Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.

Conflict follows wrongdoing as surely as flies follow the herd.

Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

Conflict is the soul of literature.

Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe.

Conflict is the alchemical soup that transforms raw emotion and instinct into pure gold.

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else's mouth is a reflection of their heart ... not yours.

Conflict, which rouses up the best and highest powers in some characters, in others not only jars the whole being, but paralyzes the faculties.

Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.

Conflict is inevitable, the source of all growth, and an absolute necessity if one is to be alive.

Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.

Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation.

Conflicts and factions, violence and upheavals are caused by the neglect of human values in daily life.

Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.

Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

Dead men never pick up their trophies.