Sarah Lacy Quotes

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

Women on the whole are often not as shallow as men are. They can be, but they cut through things a little more easily than men do in terms of that superficial stuff.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

In terms of relationships, I've had two failures, although I don't like to call them failures; they are self learning, and I cannot say I regret any of my relationships. I've always said that I am a much loved woman.

I've got a lot of little quirks and moments that - my wife, she knows exactly what to say and how to handle me, 'cause I can be hard to handle.

I'm sorry," she says. I wheel around. "You know, you're a total know-it-all. And it's incredibly rude sometimes; I mean, you're not perfect either, and you act like it's my fault but it's not my fault for being quiet or your fault for being a know-it-all. It's not your problem or my problem; it's their problem. They're the demented ones, not us, so don't take it out on me, because the only thing that holds things together for me is having someone else on the Not Demented Team.

In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.

I am not really a problem personality.

I'm not aggressive enough.

It is challenging when you are dealing with people's emotions.

If I have any strength that would be considered above average, it is that I can read people.

My job gives me the permission to ask really great questions, like, 'Are you sure you're not pissed at him?' or, 'Is the eating really about food, or does it have something to do with your mother?' or, 'How is your sex life? I mean, I know we're here talking about your job, but I can tell this has to do with your sex life.'

We all have different things that make us strong and weak, but if we communicate and we really open ourselves and open our hearts, you're going to be amazed by the things that you can learn.

I'm bad on passive aggression. I know that.

By nature I can be a confrontational person. I don't feel like there's anything wrong with that.

I'm good at reading people. If I wasn't an actor, I would be a psychologist.

I was raised by a strong mother who always taught me to speak up, I never had difficulty leaving an uncomfortable situation or cutting eye contact; people used to call me cold.

The issue you have with two competitive guys being brought up the same way is that you don't have one person who goes out of his way to make a relationship.

We don't need a psychologist with the Dutch team; we are grown-up men. The ones who have a problem with other players or the manager should tell them face-to-face. That is the only psychology we need.

In this job, you accept criticism and give answers on the field.

One of the biggest things we have to be able to do is to handle conflict and handle it correctly. We're able to look at our biases, look at our frustration, look at our sin in this area, our pride and our selfishness. It allows us to move forward.

I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.

Learning how to have 'healthy' attachments sounds easy, but in fact, for someone like me who had damaged early relationships, it's like learning to be fluent in Chinese.

I'm interested in roles that are human, that have some sort of empathic quality.