mature communication Quotes

I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.

It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.

You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.

At the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.

I end up liking politicians, both left and right, who talk about political matters as if they are addressing a bunch of adults, as if they are capable of handling both complexity and emotional responsibility.

Mature people never make difference of opinion a means of conflict.

I kind of play like a guy. I don't hold grudges. I don't get dramatic with things. If somebody slide tackles me in training and we leave the field, I'm still talking to them. I think that there's very few of us out there that can just take confrontation, and if you've got an issue with something, you can go to that person and say it.