Quotes About Conflict

I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.

A story is the record of how somebody deals with danger.

A story is a succession of motivations and reactions.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

The warrior of light listens to what his opponent has to say. He only fights if absolutely necessary.

Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an Ego that denies.

Feydeau's one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B.

Life is getting better, but that won't stop a war if politicians and business people decide it's to their advantage to have one.

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.

It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.

The tension between 'yes' and no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot,' makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

It's like they take poison and then hope for the other person to die.

I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.

All is going well, very well, I couldn't ask for anything better— So why do I hate my life?

I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are.

Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.

I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.

Anger is my biggest enemy in life.

I never apologized for anything in my life. The only thing I'm sorry about is putting a curse on Roger Ebert's colon. If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn't like my movie, then I'm sorry for him.

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

What Hells and Purgatories and Heavens I have inside of me! But who sees me do anything that disagrees with life--me, so calm and peaceful?