Mario Cuomo Quotes

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

If You are a man who leads, calmly hear the speech of one who pleads, (and) do not stop him from purging his body of that which he planned to tell.

Let a man overcome anger by love.

I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite for retribution.

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

I hate people.

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.

Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward they still consider you a nice person with whom the underlying human relationship need not be altered.

I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.

I think dealing with mean girls is just a part of life. I never really took people like that too seriously.

Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.

I am comfortable with myself, and this is how I am. I am not really interested in having an acrimonious fight with somebody.

There is no such thing as emotional incompatibility. There are only misunderstandings and mistakes which can easily be set right if we have the will to do so.

I'm generally slow to anger, quick to forgive, and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense.

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.