Steven Patrick Morrissey Quotes

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let sleeping dogs lie — who wants to rouse 'em?

Another rule I have is: Don't let your ego get tied up in a policy dispute. Otherwise, if things don't go your way, you can end up breaking a relationship with somebody with whom you can't afford to break.

Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.

Look, I realize both of you could happily strangle each other across the table, but I don't think that's the most effective use of our time, and frankly, I don't think I have enough money to tip the waitress for that kind of clean-up. And look, here's lunch. Let's eat that instead of eachother.

We've all had those phone conversations. Things are heated, you're in a position where you're gonna say something nasty. Instead, you say, "Oh, I've got that thing in the oven." Lie. Get off the phone. Don't perpetuate a bad situation.

Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.

We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

He will apologize, or I'll give him a lesson in swordplay he will not like at all.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

A tactful man can pull the stinger from a bee without getting stung.

The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.

Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond, because you don't want conflicts on the movie, you don't want to start screaming at people even when they treat you - even when they're not behaving properly, because you want them to do their job, and keep on doing it.

I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn't think of any real good reason. There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.

I'm polite. I guess that's the dichotomy within me. I don't like to piss people off just for the sake of pissing them off. I pick my battles.

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

I'm generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation.