Jane Wagner Quotes

People learn the most about themselves by confronting those with whom they deeply disagree..

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

The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we've learned about love.

I think the human mind is fascinating. I love figuring out why people are doing what they do.

One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.

At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.

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

Difficult People? I don't really know. I don't have those metrics.

People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you're not.

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of it. It's just scratching an itch.

Most people argue over who's right, not about what the truth is.

it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people

Bad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right.

In our relations with the people around us, we forgive them more readily for what they do, which they can help, than for what they are, which they cannot help.

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the aggressor usually regards the silence as a sign of contempt.

there were crimes and quarrels, alongside kindness and cooperation; there were people who loved each other and people who did not; it was a human world.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

People get annoyed when you try to debug them.

I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.

It's hard to get along with people. As much as you try to like them and accept them as individuals, it becomes difficult because they keep getting out of line and wasting your time.

In my own personal experience in my life, people that I argue with or have confrontations with are the people I love and care about the most. I wouldn't think to argue with somebody I couldn't give two s**ts about. There's no point in arguing if you don't care.