Quotes About Conflict

There are too many guns.

You need guts to deal with controversies.

Drama is not great when it's a roll off the curb into the gutter.

I'm not going to get down in the gutter with DeSantis and Trump - there's enough of that going on.

I've had friends who say that they would never forgive cheating, but then they fall in love, the guy cheats, and they forgive him. I don't know what I would do.

I've fought guys that I like. When you're fighting a guy that you don't like, you have to be able to separate certain aspects of it.

I talk bad about Uriah Hall all the time but I don't dislike the guy.

I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.

Reggie Atkinson: Oh God. Oh God. I went to war with the Nazis... and for 25 years, all I've been scared of is Americans.

That's what you get when a bunch of fucks in tights try to save the goddamn day.

In the end, the war in Vietnam was much like any other. There were those who profited. Those it devoured. And then there were those for whom there are no words.

Kit: I didn't mean that. I'm sorry. Neil: I know. Kit: I mean I didn't mean the bit about it bein' better if they'd killed you. I meant the rest. Neil: It's okay, Kathy. I know. -Heartland

The urge to fight, to maul, to murder: it is the greatest cancer that afflicts mankind. It obliterates the body of the victim, and the spirit of the the one who strikes the blow. I have seen it...

Your father is angry with me because he thinks I almost got myself killed,' said Sabriel, with a slight grin. 'I don't understand it myself, since I think he should be glad that I didn't.

How come it's all right for the bad guys to do whatever they want, and whenever I want to do something it's 'forget about it'? What's the good of being the Rightful Heir anyway? All I get is trouble!

How many tales have you heard—or lived through—in which Jane and John Homebuyer couldn't pull the trigger on their dream house only to see the price go up when another bidder entered the game? Of greater concern, though, is the conflict sparked by the glut of investment options available today.

A soft answer turns away anger.

Welcome to the real world of marriage, where hairs are always on the sink and little white spots cover the mirror, where arguments center on which way the toilet paper comes off and whether the lid should be up or down. It is a world where shoes do not walk to the closet and drawers do not close themselves, where coats do not like hangers and socks go AWOL during laundry. In this world, a look can hurt and a word can crush. Intimate lovers can become enemies, and marriage a battlefield.

Positive, affirming relationships bring great pleasure while poor relationship brings great pain. Greatest happiness found in good relationships, greatest pain found in bad relationships

Sometimes our words are saying one thing, but our tone of voice is saying another. We are sending double messages. Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.

A gentle answer turns away wrath.

You can't train them to express their anger in mature ways simply by getting upset at them and forcing them to stop venting their anger.

The desire for reconciliation is often more potent than the desire for justice. The more intimate the relationship, the deeper the desire for reconciliation.

A positive message delivered in a negative manner will always reap negative results. As one child said, "My parents are yelling and screaming at me, telling me not to yell and scream. They expect me to do something they have not learned to do. It's unfair.