Disagreeable Quotes

Preaching has become a byword for long and dull conversation of any kind; and whoever wishes to imply, in any piece of writing, the absence of everything agreeable and inviting, calls it a sermon.

The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes.

To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.

The disappointments of life can never, any more than its pleasures, be estimated singly; and the healthiest and most agreeable of men is exposed to that coincidence of various vexations, each heightening the effect of the other, which may produce in him something corresponding to the spontaneous and externally unaccountable moodiness of the morbid and disagreeable.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

I am cantankerous.

We've been polarizing for different reasons. For one thing, my voice is very polarizing. It sits in this place that either appeals to people or really puts people off. I can understand that.

If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.

One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.

He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.

We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.

Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer ... But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable ... They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

Do not think that your Learning and Genius, your Wit or Sprightliness, are welcome everywhere. I was once told that my Company was disagreeable because I appeared so uncommonly happy.

for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.

The pain is not great. But the symbolism is disagreeable.

I have no idea why anyone likes me! I am very polarizing. It's either absolutely love or absolutely can't-be-around-for-more-than-three-seconds.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

I'm here to be the guy that rubs people the wrong way sometimes.

Facing the truth about the past is not always a pleasant adventure

I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!

Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share.

It's hard to hate up close. The more you get to know each other, the more common ground you can find and the more you can disagree without being disagreeable.