#disagreeable

You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do. ↗

— Judith Martin

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If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself. ↗

— Bernard Meltzer

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There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don't destroy them. They lay golden eggs. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

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Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. ↗

— Criss Jami

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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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

— Christine Gregoire

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You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance. ↗

— William Hague

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