Craig Kilborn Quotes

I've been lucky to work with people that I like most of the time. If I don't like them, I'll play head games with them to get their minds spinning.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Sometimes you get yourselves in situations where you don't realize people are actually testing you. People are actually provoking you.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

We're not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.

As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

Your temperament is what you write with, but it's also how you deal with the world.

Setting up a community and seeing what happens to it when the megalomaniacs get busy: that's my main preoccupation.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

I took a psychology class, and I think the study of the mind can help me further my acting ability. It's also taught me about getting into an environment with new people and acting like you've known them forever.

I'm not good at confrontation. I know my strengths. I like company. And I am not a great arguer... I do find it much easier talking to people I like about things we both like.

I hate people.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

Your family is unavoidable. You cannot escape them or trade them in for another family. You also can't change them... but you can change your response to them.

Through time you learn from your experiences. I think I've learned to deal with people a little bit better over time. That in particular has developed a little bit.

Human relations, I mess them up, and they let me down.

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

I'm quite an emotional person. I cry a lot. I do not like conflict, so if I have an argument with my parents, I'll often cry. I become too emotional.

In principle, every social situation involves strategic interaction among the participants.

I like to think of myself as kind of a sculptor, only I sculpt people.

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.