Michael Palin Quotes

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.

I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.

I've always thought I'd been pretty good with people, and I basically have spent a conflict-free life, you know?

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

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

I took a psychology class, and I think the study of the mind can help me further my acting ability. It's also taught me about getting into an environment with new people and acting like you've known them forever.

I hate people.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

Work is a different type of pursuit than relationships. You can't take the skills that you know that have gotten you into that great school or into that great job and apply them to your relationships.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

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

I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

I can fight, but that's the only thing I can do. When it comes to anything other than fighting or talking, I'm not very good.

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

I like to keep everyone happy. I feel like it's my responsibility to do that.

The one piece of advice I would give to all girlfriends - or guy friends, too, I guess - is that if you're going to have a fight in a Baja Fresh parking lot, make sure one of you has an available pair of sunglasses because whoever is crying is going to want to wear them.

I don't like upsetting people.

I've always gotten along pretty well with people.

Closing one's eyes is not a recipe for peace. It is a simple way to embolden aggressive personalities.

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