Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
Michael CaineRead
No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the disrespect of everyone.
Interpretation
Remaining calm in difficult situations is essential for maintaining respect.
This quote by Michael Caine emphasizes the importance of composure in challenging moments. By losing control and resorting to shouting, one projects foolishness and can tarnish their reputation, leading to a loss of respect from others. It suggests that handling situations with grace and calmness is the wise path.
In practice
In a leadership seminar discussing emotional intelligence.
Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of catharsis every six months or so, and we go and be absolutely someone else.
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!
My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
It is easy to say something new, if all senses one will eschew. But hardly ever is found, that the new is also sound.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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