Norton Juster Quotes

“So each one of you agrees to disagree with whatever the other one agrees with, but if you both disagree with the same thing, aren't you really in agreement?”

“Tradition is the prison where change is detained... To make a change, you need to agree that you are not going with the statement "this is how we do it"! Yes, that was how it was done, but what next? Agree to change!”

“What is history but a fable agreed upon?”

“Unity is not agreeing with each other about God. Rather it is agreeing with God about each other.”

“I agree that dreaming in not a crime, so I can dream as big as I can.”

“Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.”

“The difference between educated people and uneducated people is that educated people have been opened up to the notion that you can disagree without fighting; whereas uneducated people, in conversation, seek to always agree--everybody agrees and agrees and that's considered basic social libation.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he's a statesman.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he is a statesman.”

“I agree and admit that thinking and planning are free. Nobody charges you for thinking and you pay no one to make plans. It's your decision!”