#arguments

If you don't want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you. ↗

— E. Lockhart

#philosophy-of-life #life

When you feel like throwing rocks, make sure they're ones no one can throw back. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#boldness #humor #words #wordsmithing #humor

If you can't win by reason, go for volume. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#humor #loudness #reason #humor

It's amazing--my parents call everything a discussion. If I were standing across the street, firing a bazooka at my mother, while my father was launching mortar back at me, and Jeffery was charging down the driveway with a grenade in his teeth, my parents would say we should stop having this public "discussion". ↗

— Jordan Sonnenblick

#euphemism #humor #parents #humor

It is my rule never to take a side in any part in the quarrels of others, nor to inquire into them. I generally presume them to flow from the indulgence of too much passion on both sides, & always find that each party thinks all the wrong was in his adversary. These bickerings, which are always useless, embitter human life more than any other cause... ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#quarrels #life

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#family #marriage #relationships #family