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

There's a personality trait known as agreeableness. Agreeable people are compassionate and polite. And agreeable people get paid less than disagreeable people for the same job. Women are more agreeable than men.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

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.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.

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

Of all noises I think music is the least disagreeable.

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.

Reading is not a duty and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

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.

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.

The excellency of every art is its intensity capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.