George Herbert Quotes

[..] and there are tons of people I hate so much that I wouldn't mind taking them out. But killing them wouldn't get me anywhere - that's the conclusion I always come to. If I'm going to pay for it in the end, I might as well let them live.

I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off.

Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.

You would have to go really crazy on me before I throw a punch.

Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked.

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

It's hard for any man to take something thrown at his face and not to retaliate.

Don't think because I'm a positive dude, I'm going to always say something nice. If you come at me crooked, one too many times or if too many people came at me crooked too many times in a row, then they're going to get it. I don't always exercise that self control and I don't regret it either.

I don't wreck people on purpose - unless they give me a legit reason, but it takes me a lot to do that.

It is better to take many injuries than to give one.

Patience puts up with those you'd like to put down

I don't yell back at my mother. When I'm angry or scared or upset, I don't yell. I stay quiet. I've seen how she is, how she would get with Kent and with me and with other people, life if someone at the pharmacy got in the wrong line or asked too long a question, or if someone on the bus accidentally bumped her. I've watched her my whole life, the way people react to her. It doesn't actually help you get what you want, yelling and being like that. It only makes people think bad of you.

I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.

Son, never throw a punch at a redwood.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.

If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.

I'm never going to get in a fight in public again.

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

Violence isn't really my thing.

I've never scratched, or punched, or slapped anybody in my real life.