Frank McCourt Quotes

Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.

You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.

When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

It's this weird thing that I always feel like I have to gauge in myself, like, "Don't come on too strong because you won't get your way."

Never let anyone know what you're thinking - always know what the other thinks of you.

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference.

Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they have learned to dress up like sheep. Man says, "Looks like a sheep. Talks like a sheep." Woman says, "Ain't no sheep!"

It is not the man who is beside himself, but he who is cool and collected,--who is master of his countenance, of his voice, of his actions, of his gestures, of every part of his play,--who can work upon others at his pleasure.

I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.

Try to take hold of your sensibility, and use it as if it were a faculty, like vision.

Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst.

I can tell you this: I'm an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never know how people are going to take it.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

What is the evolutionary value of blushing? It seems not to be to our advantage to do it, to involuntarily reveal our inner emotions. If we're trying to manipulate or lie, actions in furtherance of individual goals as opposed to the goals of others, blushing would not seem to be helpful. And yet everyone blushes, except the psychopath.

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it.

I just think the more we're observed by other people, the less we can observe them in order to play them and find their true condition.

I was a master at keeping my feelings in.

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

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.