Axl Rose Quotes

Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because children don’t have what it takes to scold. You need only three things, really. You need time, to think up scolding things to say. You need effort, to put these scolding things in a good order, so that the scolding can be more and more insulting to the person being scolded. And you need chutzpah, which is a word for the sort of show-offy courage it takes to stand in front of someone and give them a good scolding, particularly if they are exhausted and sore and not in the mood to hear it.

Let's not talk punishment.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.

Don’t swear; fight!

If you behave like a stupid moron, you're going to get called out by me.

If I'm going to be straightforward, like I always try to be, I know guys are going to come back at me sometimes.

I think every manager has that, the so-called hairdryer treatment when things need a little turnaround.

If you have an issue with someone, call them out. Don't paint everyone with the same brush.

You can't keep losing and say nothing in the dressing room.

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

People get mad at me very easily. The magnitude of your anger toward me is the measure of how much you know you are doing wrong.

I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear.

Well, you know, certain - for one reason, I think that the intervention process is a good process for most people, but for me, it just looked like a bunch of my friends trying to get back at me and sit around taking jabs at me, you know, when I couldn't defend myself.

If someone criticizes me, I strike back.

People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

I once called the head of a network a liar. In hindsight, I should have called him an incompetent liar.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.

Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.

Often, we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt almost everything. Do we not have faith in our own people's strengths and in our institutions? Can we afford distrust amongst ourselves?

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.