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Quotes About Confrontation

Father turned on me as if blackbirds had flown out of my mouth.
~ Janet Fitch
It is a common thing for supporters of President Trump, even as early as when he was a candidate, to say, 'He fights.' And yes, he does fight. He fights everyone. He gets into all kinds of scraps that are pointless and unnecessary. He insults when he doesn't need to.
~ Ben Domenech
I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.
~ John Oliver
The anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001, and September 11, 2012, is a day to remember those who died and suffered. It is also an opportunity to open a new dialogue on the tactics and strategies that have been successful - and unsuccessful - in confronting, containing, and defeating the threat from radical Islam.
~ Pete Hoekstra
Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.
~ George Jackson
I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.
~ Jane Elliott
Lets not push it under the rug, or push it to the side because, no matter what, it's going to keep coming up. You know, if you never deal with that dirt up under the carpet, it's going to get larger and larger, and it's going to keep coming up.
~ Herschel Walker
I'm actually a pretty upfront, honest person; if there's anything, I just confront it.
~ Farrah Abraham
Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that.
~ Rosalind Wiseman
I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.
~ Anna Faris
All I want to do is what I do best: go out there and put a hand or a foot upside somebody's head.
~ Stephen Thompson
I have come to hide you, " darkness told the star. "I'm too bright, " the defiant star replied.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn't work.
~ Alice Bag
This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts.
~ Dirk Kempthorne
One time, this guy was bothering my mother, and me and my brothers had a stern talking with the guy and a little bit of physicality with him. So he disappeared. But I'm not a magician.
~ Mr. T
I broke Steve McMahon's nose twice in one night.
~ Bruce Grobbelaar
I go hunting for my opponents high up the field, and I put stock in physical one-on-ones and winning individual duels.
~ Giorgio Chiellini
In my early to mid-20s, a fear of confrontation made it difficult for me to end relationships in a mature or even quasi-sane way. Instead, I would hang on resentfully, praying that my doomed beau would end things first and spare me the displeasure. To add hindrance to hang-up, the men I chose were usually just as stoic as I was.
~ Koren Zailckas
If I got Corey Graves into a fisticuffs, I would beat him down like he stole something.
~ Booker T
She bit my bodyguard. She bit him in the stomach.
~ David Gest
Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.
~ George Foreman
If someone stops me in the street, they might not want to say something to my face - maybe something about 'Emmerdale' or something personal towards me, good or bad. But on Twitter they are hiding behind their keyboard.
~ Kelvin Fletcher
As British people, we don't often face what our role in history is. We're only just beginning to do that. Storytellers have an incredibly important role in confronting that and continuing the conversation.
~ Rege-Jean Page
My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.
~ Mary-Louise Parker