Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

Calm down. If you want to be President you have to be calm.

I have a way of just being ice and just cooling situations and making things work.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance.

We are professionals, we have to set the example and not provoke anyone.

Pellegrini is always calm; if you have problems, he will try to resolve it.

I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.

When you encounter some problems, if you point your finger at yourself and not at others, this gives you control over yourself and calmness in a situation, where otherwise self-control becomes problematic.

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

Richard Holbrooke is known for many things, but I will remember him as an impressive, sometimes even intimidating diplomat who understood the value of culture in diplomacy.

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.

I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.

I never raise my voice!

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check myself, because part of me is seen as Eric Camden. We all need as much help as we can get. It's a role model to me as much as to anybody else.

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

If You are among the people, gain allies as does a man worthy of trust who reaches the heart. He who reaches the heart, does not vent his belly's speech.) He will himself become a man who commands, a man of means thanks to his behavior.

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.