Henry Blodget Quotes

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.

When we're the victims of insulting language and attacks, it's obviously going to evoke a response.

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

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.

I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.

When you can't solve the problem, manage it.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

Getting angry doesn't solve anything.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

The best episodes of 'The West Wing' that dealt with policy and stuff, in my opinion, were the ones where they were in the middle of a crisis, and they were trying to figure out how to solve problems.

There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution. Emotions provide the cue to act when a problem is big enough to see, yet still small enough to solve. By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.

I'm not going to sit here and bash the manager, we have to regroup.

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

Novice leaders often respond dramatically to provocations.

Part of the genius of diplomacy is to resolve issues before crises come along.

As a politician, you can run from your problems or run toward your problems.

Avoidance has never been a great tactic in solving any problem. For most situations in life, not addressing what's going on only makes matters worse.

A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.

In the heat of battle you might not be thinking clearly and that is when players have to take on the responsibility of helping the other guys out.

People love to take sides, but it's not effective. It's not really an effective way of communicating something, because you're either already part of the side or you're going to feel attacked and get defensive.

I'm kind of the crisis communications person at 'SNL.' If there are fires to put out, they try and find me.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

I don't think I get that upset over things.

I will say this about the truth - that it's one of those crisis rules, whether you are a client or someone who's living their life just every day - is that the truth has a funny way of not going away, and telling the truth is extremely important in dealing with any problem or crisis.