Quotes About Passive-aggression

The root cause of all passive aggression is the human fear of direct confrontation—the emotions that a conflict can churn up and the loss of control that ensues.

Female psychotic bosses can be particularly devilish. They will tend to mix in a lot of passive aggression, making you feel guilty for all kinds of things.

I'm no longer bossy in the honest sense; I've mastered (mistressed) the art of passive-aggression.

Every social situation is fraught with ambiguity, knee-deep in complication, hidden meanings, veiled power-struggles, passive-aggression and paranoid confusion.

Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression.

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

As adults, though, many of us default again to buddying up with those in proximity to us at home or work, which can be great, provided we like each other. If we don't? We're stuck with them anyway and every interaction becomes a master class in passive aggression.