Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

There's always a way to talk.

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

I just want to fight and not talk too much.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.

My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.

My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be delivered by politics.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

There's not a problem we have that we can't talk out. We can't shout it out.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.