Mark Goulston Quotes

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

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

I learned how to defend myself at the OSB, not physically but with words.

I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

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

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

I'm not good at confrontation. I know my strengths. I like company. And I am not a great arguer... I do find it much easier talking to people I like about things we both like.

Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask.

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

It's kinda cool seeing people having real fights with people they really know.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

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.

As we mature, there are people with whom we run out of steam, but there are also those with whom a little straight talking would prove rewarding.

I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.

Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but what they mean.

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.

Rod's not very good at confrontations; he would rather walk away and avoid something rather than go into it.

I was a bouncer for, like, three months in Boston until everybody figured out that I should never be a bouncer. I'm so soft. I just have no aggression in me.

I'm not a person who likes to confront.

I have been very successful in handling people who hurl abuse simply by being patient. Ignoring them is the best policy because afterwards, it's the fans that criticise these so-called celebrities for their bad conduct.

Honestly, I don't talk; I just like to fight. I'm not a good talker.