Reggie Jackson Quotes

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

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

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

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.

If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

My whole thing is this - and this is how I am in real life - if you start talking to me crazy, I'm not engaging in that. I'm just not saying anything.

Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.

Anger should never be permitted to rise in our bosoms, and words suggested by angry feelings should never be permitted to pass our lips. 'A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger'.

Obama's stern demeanor punctuated by intermittent flashes of his wide, relaxing smile is his greatest weapon in defusing pent-up angst.

Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.

If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me.

You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

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

At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.

… let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Even though the Southern people will not so much as listen to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and yield to them if, in our deliberate view of our duty, we possibly can.