Lindsey Morgan Quotes

I wouldn't want to be someone's roommate, that's for sure. You can't do certain things: you can't leave the bathroom door open... you can't put your feet on the couch, you can't hide stuff in the couch.

My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.

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

Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told.

Sometimes you get yourselves in situations where you don't realize people are actually testing you. People are actually provoking you.

I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs.

A lot of time when you clash, sometimes it helps the relationship because then you grow closer after that.

When you expect to get into a negotiation, you expect to be faced by a guy that's going to attack you, a guy or gal that's going to attack or that they're going to try to get the best of you. Two-thirds of us, that makes us very defensive.

At the end of the day, sometimes we don't always get along, because when do friends always get along? But we are a family first and even more than just being brothers in a band.

We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children's problems, you know, and our own problems. But some days it's fine, and then some days we just are at each other's throat.

During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.

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

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

I have a couple of best friends, and I don't think I would live with them. It definitely... certain people can't live together, and I think that it could potentially put a lot of strain on the relationship or friendship.

Forcing people together is an enjoyable conflict to watch, but I think it's even more enjoyable if they love each other.

It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with no one else for 15 minutes, we'd be at each other's throats.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

We're all negotiators.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

Challenge is good for any relationship.

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn't always the best way in.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.