Bill Flores Quotes

Rod's not very good at confrontations; he would rather walk away and avoid something rather than go into it.

The important lesson for the children was that they know if there is a problem, they can tell us, we can talk about it, and we can resolve it. That's what families do. You face things, and you deal with them, and you move on together.

Look, I realize both of you could happily strangle each other across the table, but I don't think that's the most effective use of our time, and frankly, I don't think I have enough money to tip the waitress for that kind of clean-up. And look, here's lunch. Let's eat that instead of eachother.

I don't think that there is a person that I've met - I'm sure there are - that I've had any conflict with.

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.

If we aren't going to be afraid of conflict, we have to see it as thinking.

I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

You can just fight one man at a time.

You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.

We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from quarrel; but every fool will quarrel

If we should come to an issue with the world, let us keep it off as long as possible.

You're either in a conflict or you're not in a conflict.

To be a great leader, one unfortunately needs a war.

Your power, which is already very great, you can increase more by peace than by war. For the outcome of war is uncertain. More often you see adversity rather than prosperity accompany it.

It is easier to begin a war than to end one, which is why the decision to start a conflict should not be entrusted to the person who wages it. Post‐war presidents have abandoned this wisdom.

I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs.

We tried to limit human versus human conflict only to those cases where it could be powerfully motivated and made completely believable.

As a press secretary and on 'The Five,' I've learned that I have a choice in how I answer a question. There's combative or productive - I get to take my pick.