Jessica Chastain Quotes

It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far.

This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

I never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work. I never yell at anyone I work with.

I have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to bullies.

By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!

I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.

Of course, when people work together, there can be tension and disagreement. But policing informal behavior makes it hard for people to speak freely for fear they will say the wrong thing. Even self-aware individuals can doubt their judgement and start to rely on the diversity trainer to judge if something is offensive.

I can remember being bullied and teased. It was absolutely horrible. I got kicked out of ninth grade for throwing a book at a girl who teased me. It was absolutely terrible.

Love well, whip well.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

I don't advocate senseless violence of any human being. I'm the one who's been beat down. But I will not be a victim again.

It's very important to choose kindness and stop bullying.

It's difficult to expect kids not to bully one another when they don't have many examples otherwise in society.

I just don't believe in joking about violence anymore.

Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.

I think people are getting more and more - unfortunately - inured to violence. People are like, less sensitive to things they should wake up about.

People, a lot of times, don't like what's different. When it's something different out there, the majority of people will be like 'aww, that's wack!' but if it's regular, plain or a straight through flow, it's easier for them to adapt to, because everyone likes the normal.

We've got to change the language of how women speak to women and how men speak to women and how we shame them for the decisions that we make.

I grew up getting bullied and fighting a lot.

I will not try to escape fights if someone tries to poke or trigger me.

What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other...?

People are mean to each other.

Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind.