Mitt Romney Quotes

I don't fight people for fun.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.

I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

I got kicked out of a club for sticking up for my sister. And I got into a fight that was basically hair pulling and rolling around on the gym floor. The fights make me sound like a hell-raiser, but I'm not proud of them.

I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon that's going on now of course, which is different in my experiences, is that you are getting things planted in the Net by people about the Woman in White on the Net. That's not a nice change.

This isn't a Toughman competition; you don't just fight everybody because they want to fight.

Unfortunately, I found out when I was trying to like square up with people and face off with people and, like, try to intimidate them and I'm pretty non-threatening.

It's harder to scream at someone you just chatted with at lunch. I mean, if you're a superb actor, you might be able to do that, but I couldn't do it.

The best way to deal with aggression is to ignore it and try to get the match over as soon as possible.

I feel playful aggression is important for children because they have to deal with all kinds of anger and aggression in their lives.

Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.

I never picked fights. I'm never going to start to pick fights. If they ask me to fight someone, I'll say yes.

A trap in dealing with difficult people is getting wrapped up in their personality. When we can stay objective and remove ourselves from other people's roller-coaster psychology, we have a much better chance of moving through the situation positively.

I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.

You can choose to be civil or not be civil. What is the point of going through the day and think it's cool to wear your honesty on your sleeve at the expense of everyone around you?

One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable

Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try!

Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond, because you don't want conflicts on the movie, you don't want to start screaming at people even when they treat you - even when they're not behaving properly, because you want them to do their job, and keep on doing it.

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

As I grew older and more mature, I've been able to move beyond the immediate response of violence to a projection of the pragmatic, political consequences of that violence. So it's an effort to attain equilibrium.

You can't tell somebody to kiss your ass on a scooter!

Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups or between groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to be run. If you look back, you will see that warfare was an invention, just as ways of handling government or taxes are inventions. You will see, too, that once people use an invention they go on using it until they find another which they think is superior.