Confrontational Quotes

29 quotes by 27 authors

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. — Francesca Annis
The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it is a taboo… — Richard Dawkins
We need a new kind of feminism, one that stresses personal responsibility and is open to art and sex in all their dark, unconsoling mysteries.… — Camille Paglia
I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was… — Andre Agassi
I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger. — Rachel Maddow
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a… — Matthew Shipp
Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth. — Barbara De Angelis
Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together — Scilla Elworthy
There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational,… — Bobby Knight
The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational. — Roger Mudd
I'm only confrontational with my friends. — Chuck Palahniuk
I'm a non-confrontational person. If I order salmon and I get chicken, I'm going to eat the chicken. — Danny Pudi
I feel like I've come off as an outspoken woman. Sometimes I think I've come off as confrontational. But I feel like it's been pretty… — NeNe Leakes
My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has… — Joanne Harris
There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but… — Max Lucado
We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to… — Denise Mina
She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion,… — Khaled Hosseini
Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It… — Huston Smith
I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive… — Annabelle Selldorf
An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. — Francesca Annis

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