Allen Neuharth Quotes

There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.

I prefer to solve conflict with kindness. That's my first approach. If that doesn't work, there's always the alternative. I'm from Israel. I can tell a person what I think if I have to!

It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.

People are mean to each other.

All of you, leave," Vlad responded curtly. "That's not nice," I mumbled. "You should talk to them before you bite them, too. Common curtesy.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.

I like to get on with people. I don't go around being nasty, but if someone crosses me, I can be horrible back.

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

I don't like to kick people when they're down. I like to kick people when they're up.

I don't find anything comes out of getting in someone's face during an interview and screaming.

When I must be mean, I'm mean. When I can be nice, I am nice.

There has to be a very good balance between being aggressive and then being able to defend as well.

If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.

Why can't we just be nice? It's like, we grow up, and then we get right back into high school.

You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right.

We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.

My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

I like to be nice to people, but sometimes people aren't nice to me.

It's much easier to be at peace than it is to hate somebody. It's much easier to love somebody than to fight with them.

One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable