Hannibal Buress Quotes

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

I really moved fast, bro. I don't want a big selection, because I don't want myself in between nobody else's problems, basically. Like, if I know these two people going at it, I'm not about to make a song with either one of them.

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

Every time I've talked about my family in the past, people have ended up getting upset. So I said to my friends and family: 'I shan't refer to you at all, and there's nothing for you to get upset about. There's the deal.'

My husband spends the whole day in politics. I make it a point not to discuss politics with him when he comes home.

I'm not the type to call people out.

I've been blocking people and unfriending people for a long time, and it doesn't take much if I feel like you've slighted me at all.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

I certainly have warm relationships with people, but you choose the people you have those relationships with. There are some people I don't bother with.

I should just keep me mouth shut, I just upset people.

Avoid People and Situations That Upset You. Those things, people, situations, and experiences you dont like--avoid them. Stay away. Walk away. Do something else. Some might call this cowardly. I call it smart. The world is brimming with things, people, and experiences. We will never experience all of them if we live to be 10,000. So why not associate with the ones that naturally please you?

Difficult People? I don't really know. I don't have those metrics.

I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking to these people; I enjoy sort of preening them a bit. But it's a matter of decorum, basically.

Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.

It's better not to argue with women.

Never assume people's motives. It's the easiest way to find yourself upset over nothing or misjudging people

Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people one doesn't know.

I don't beef with people, because I don't be around people. Nobody can't say nothing about me, because ain't nobody know nothing about me.

Standing up for yourself doesn't always involve verbal confrontation. Sometimes it's about not wasting energy on people who are negative.

Another rule I have is: Don't let your ego get tied up in a policy dispute. Otherwise, if things don't go your way, you can end up breaking a relationship with somebody with whom you can't afford to break.

I gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me!

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap

I think people are wise to keep love and work separate.

People treat us the way we teach them to treat us.

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.