Yuval Noah Harari Quotes

We humans are hard to deal with. We are a loud, complex and demanding bunch. Often, we are best dealt with from a safe distance and for only brief periods of time. This could be why a lot of marriages fail.

The issue you have with two competitive guys being brought up the same way is that you don't have one person who goes out of his way to make a relationship.

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

You kind of restructure your whole personality to be in a healthy relationship.

Life involves other people and it is a compromise.

I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

I like comedy that's not political but social, dealing with issues of people talking to each other. No matter what your politics, we still have to live with each other. Politics is taking a side. I'm not running for office, you know?

I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.

There are interesting tensions that will naturally occur with any relationship. No matter what setting, what era, the tension is very, very real. It's basic human tension.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.

Relationships are something I know about.

I've always gotten along pretty well with people.

Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my relationship with myself, my relationship with God or an idea, and then usually somebody, a real person. I try to operate on all three levels at the same time, and it's difficult, but I never want to have a break-up song or something like that.

Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.

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.

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

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

My father was not comfortable working with very articulate people. He and Willie Wyler got along because neither of them was very articulate.

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

I'm not good at confrontation. I know my strengths. I like company. And I am not a great arguer... I do find it much easier talking to people I like about things we both like.

I hate people.

There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.