Best 1098 quotes in «conflict quotes» category

Instead of suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make this conflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflict is resolved.

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

In the middle '50s, I had written that the point would come, inevitably, at which the relationship between the cause of conflict and political objectives would be lost.

In the midst of conflict, there is absolutely nothing that produces gains as dramatically as listening.

I personally don't invest in a lot of companies because I think it would be a conflict of interest and Facebook doesn't typically either.

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future.

I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation.

Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue.

Isn't the origin of conflict ego? If there is no ego there is no becoming.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

Is there any conflict between science and religion? There is no conflict in the mind of God, but often there is conflict in the minds of men.

It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.

I see no conflict between saving people's lives and defending the Second Amendment.

I think the scale of the conflict [in Afghanistan] has dramatically changed in 2003. You're now facing a much more motivated, well-supported enemy. I don't see any quick end to this thing.

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing we can do.

...it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject - it's very sketchy territory to be in. I've seen what's happened to other directors who have done that.

It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

It is hard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because we are not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creating a new "pearl" as we are in being right.

It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.

It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment.

It is neither a culture of confrontation nor a culture of conflict which builds harmony within and between peoples, but rather a culture of encounter and a culture of dialogue; this is the only way to peace.

It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say conflict of convictions.

I spent so much time at Escuela Caribe denying my true emotions and avoiding conflict that I became unsure of what my feelings really were. This is something that affects me to this day. I feel extremely uncomfortable during arguments, to the point of shutting down and not saying anything, like a turtle retracting into its shell. I can't stand conflict.

It's a conflict of parallels.

It's a great affirmation of the possibility of overcoming conflict through reason and good will.

It's difficult for me to ignore how many conflicts locally and worldwide have religion tagged to them.

It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.

It's never too late to try to end a conflict.

It's personalities, it's conflict, it's all of these things that actually make performers interesting.

It is quite clear, however, that there won't be any real changes with the current clan structure having seized power in the course of the Karabakh conflict.

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

It was Jacques Chirac and Schroeder both, who pushed us into a conflict to remove Milosevic.

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for Literature, I'd find it an extremely difficult conflict because I'd be basically disinclined to accept.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

I've lived in Egypt among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia.

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

Keeping your family together is an extraordinary feat - especially in the face of great conflict.

Justification, in terms of the broadening of freedom, for any particular form of institution of property must be argued in terms of whether the losses caused by the restrictions imposed are greater or less than the gains derived from the elimination of costly conflict.

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.