Simone Elkeles Quotes

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

Always having to have the last word is a bad trait. Pisses people off.

I have dumped a girl over the phone. It's terrible, isn't it? We got into an argument during a phone call, so I basically said, 'I don't wanna be with you anymore,' and she cried. I saw her after that and it was a bit awkward.

Callin my ex-girl or e-mailin my mama, you're the only one that's causin me this drama.

I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

Most mental health professionals, including clinicians and researchers, endorse the deficit theory. They're convinced that we wage war simply because we don't know how to make love. We desperately want loving, satisfying relationships but lack the skills we need to develop them.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation.

There is probably no such thing as a good divorce, but clinging to an old idea of how relationships are unraveled can make a bad thing even worse.

You only get to know someone after a huge exchange of blows.

I think divorce doesn't necessarily bring out the best in people.

I do believe that any conflict has a better chance of being resolved if two people can come face to face.

No, Mom. I said fine." "It's just your tone." Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor.

To me, the most important thing was to treat people the way you want to be treated. Some people say that I'm a mean person. Well, you know what? The person that's saying that is probably a dipshit and I put them in their place! I have a knack for doing that.

People are mean to each other.

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by tone of voice.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.