Calm Quote by Carol Tavris

Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening.

— Richard Dawkins

I've always had a little bit of that anxiousness about saying something that would upset someone or whatever, and I still have that to…

— Ariana Madix

Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can…

— Jonathan Maberry

“A calm demeanor will deter the danger of words spoken in anger or panic.”

— Shmiras Haloshon

I am so afraid of people's words.They describe so distinctly everything: And this they call dog and that they call house, here the start…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never…

— Richard Dawkins

“in my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.”

— Elyn R. Saks

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

— Laurie Anderson

Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.

— Ani DiFranco

Highly sensitive people are often afraid to speak up, until life pushes them to do so.

— Doreen Virtue

“One of the most extraordinary examples of adaptation to immaturity in contemporary American society today is how the word abusive has replaced the words…

— Edwin H. Friedman

It's a safe bet that someone who tells you you need to calm down has never actually seen you when you needed to calm…

— Robert Breault