Known for his abrasive personality, Douglas Bruce has sometimes brought out the venom from people who interacted with him. Here are some of their more colorful quotes: 1990 "You're not good with people. You alienate people." Bruce's late mother Marjorie Bruce, as quoted in a Gazette article about her son. 1991 "If you were a man, I'd take you out." Late Colorado Springs Mayor Bob Isaac to Bruce during a city council meeting.