"Look, you can disagree without being disagreeable.
He claimed to be ready for compromise with the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives, offering to "mix and match" ideas and, where necessary, disagree without being disagreeable.
I often disagree, but I don't take delight in being disagreeable.
While I've managed to avoid the malaria, dengue fever and tuberculosis that's riddled my (male) colleagues, there are 101 things that make the rainforest a rather disagreeable place.
"Higher testosterone is seen as disagreeable and uncooperative, so when you ask people to rate feminine and masculine faces for short-and long-term relationships, you get different preferences.
Nearly a quarter of Hungarian adults said they found Hungarian Jews "disagreeable" in a recent survey, up from 10-14% in 2006.
Most important, it produces a reasonably fair solution to the problem of what to do about the 12m or so illegal immigrants already in America, most of them working hard at low-paid and disagreeable jobs.
But heeding disagreeable election results is for wimps, judging by the attitude of Kenya's Mwai Kibaki or Zimbabwe's Mr Mugabe.
When measured by titles, the trend is not so clear, with a majority "agree" articles (category 1) when measured over the last two months but more "disagree" (category 2) when taking the last 7 days alone.You guys, on the other hand, are quite disagreeable.
As social media drag office life online, mismanaged firms and disagreeable co-workers may need a rebrand, too.
Known as hana densha (flower trains), they offer a haven from the gropers who make rush hour in Tokyo so disagreeable.
