Dick Parsons Quotes

I'm a middle child, and I'm pretty diplomatic: the peace-maker.

I'm the youngest of 12 children. And although I was the youngest, I tried to organize things in my family. When there were disputes, I tried to mediate.

I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I think that when you've got four siblings sharing the same resources and a single kids' bathroom, it's going to get a little tense at times.

I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy.

I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years.

I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.

I'm a middle child, and I have a younger sister who is stunning - just beautiful and smart.

If we're fighting, we call Khloe. She's our peacemaker. Kourtney keeps us down-to-earth.

I'm one of seven kids, and I love being around a bunch of siblings because I think it teaches you independence, and it teaches you how to grow up quickly and also just be a good friend and be a good sister.

Naturally, Brie and I bicker, like, every 10 minutes about everything in life.

As you get older, I have seen it a lot... fighting among siblings. The reason is usually money or spouses. But my kids don't fall into that trap.

Poor parenting may be reflected in poor sibling relationships.

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.

I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.

I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke.

War can be prevented only by broad-minded statesmanship - a statesmanship that understands how to enlist people's interests in a leading cause.

I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing.

I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough.

We have two older brothers and two younger sisters; Sam and I are in the middle, and I've always felt protective and closest to him.

Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.

I was the little sister that was annoying.

I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mother's condition.

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, all occupation ends, and you have to deal with the enemy.