Sam Richardson Quotes

I was the middle of five children, and we were five very opinionated siblings. That probably pushed me to learn to speak up for myself.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand, and communicate with our families and loved ones. Dr. Phil recommended reading my new book.

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

I'm a private person by nature. I live in my brain half the time, not the world, and I'm not a natural negotiator. But I've learned to negotiate.

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.

We're not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.

As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

When people disappoint you, it's just as much your responsibility to be aware of it and what you don't want.

If you don't like your sister or don't get along with your father, let's find out if you like yourself. Let's not sugarcoat anything about it.

Your family is unavoidable. You cannot escape them or trade them in for another family. You also can't change them... but you can change your response to them.

Through time you learn from your experiences. I think I've learned to deal with people a little bit better over time. That in particular has developed a little bit.

I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

I went to dinner with my mother-in-law and I just realized I was talking in sound bites to her and expecting her to laugh every time I said anything or be jotting something down in a notebook. So you have to kind of really have a talk with yourself after you've done a press tour and say, 'Chill out!'

I started writing a journal, and I was learning so much along the way. How to deal with your family, how to deal with your friends.

If you feel like it's hard to be friends with women, consider that maybe women aren't the problem. Maybe it's just you.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.