Alienating Quotes

Without referring to anybody directly, one of the problems with confrontational public negotiating is that it runs the risk of alienating a public with a median family income of $35,000. So that when a player is complaining publicly that he's only being paid $7-million a year instead of $9-million, a fan can look at that with real anger. And an owner who's challenged publicly may simply become more locked in and less apt to ever compromise. - Leigh Steinberg

With this move, he risks alienating natural and otherwise sympathetic partners like Brazil and Spain. Ordering the military to seize the natural gas fields is unnecessarily confrontational and antagonistic. - Michael Shifter

We're living in a world where technology is a huge part of our lives, but it can be a blessing and a curse. Some people think this technology can make us more productive. But it's not helping us with social skills. It's alienating us from other people. - Jacqueline Whitmore

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. - Sigmund Freud

We have foreign guests who smoke who we're alienating totally. People should be able to go outside. - Jeff Forbes

We had always insisted on working with actors because they do what they're told. You can make actors play the character exactly as you want him, expressing opinions on politics, religion, all aspects of society. No comedian would do that for fear of alienating their following. Actors brush off criticism by attributing offending mannerisms or material to the role. Besides, comedians argue about the laughs. - Ray Galton

Voters see great promise in breakthrough research into cures of major diseases. If he vetoes, he is running the risk of alienating a big portion of the electorate. It makes him look out of touch. - Darrell West

This clear flaunting of Islamic Law by displaying pictures of scantily clad women will only add fuel to sentiments that the U.S. is trying to undermine Muslim culture in Iraq. It risks alienating the actual population. - Inayat Bunglawala

They focused the store too sharply on fashion, let go on the basics, and their fashion didn't work. By selling low-rise jeans and mechanics jeans to hip 24-year-olds, you're alienating me and worse yet, you weren't able to catch that hip 24-year-old. - Richard Jaffe

These amendments are specifically targeting Muslims. [They are] raising anxiety, further alienating the community. - Adam Houda