Michael Chandler Quotes

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

I don't really yell at people.

I never raise my voice!

I am not a particularly aggressive person. That's not Erica.

It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.

A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it.

Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

There's still the part of me that wants to leap at every opportunity, but now there's the other side that says, 'Let's just wait a minute and see what happens.' That's intuition, and it comes with age and experience.

I've learned when to speak out. You do have to learn when to bide your time and when to speak out, and I don't always get it right.

I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

When I was 26, 27 years old I was running a kitchen in New York, and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get, you figure out you don't need to do that. You realize at a certain point, there's a certain gravity to what you say and what you do. If that's not enough, all the yelling in the world is not going to matter.

I am deeply concerned and troubled about the situation we are up against in the world now and in the immediate future. That is why I would hope that someone with the greatest possible maturity and experience would be available at this time. May I urge you to be patient.

Be not moved alone by heated arguments and thoughts of revenge! These are for the young. We are young no longer; let us think well, and give counsel as old men!

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.

I think, with more experience, I'm probably wiser, calmer. You hope you'll be able to use your knowledge a bit better.

Something that comes along with age causes you to simmer a bit.

I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance.

A wise man knows when to go 'head and back off so you gotta pick and choose your fights. I know how to pick and choose.