assertiveness quotes

When I got somethin‘ to say, I’ll say it.

There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, ‚Will you all just shut up!‘ And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, ‚What are you doing?!‘ I was like, ‚You better get up here! I don’t play the fighting games.‘

I just don’t feel like I have to explain myself.

I can’t stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don’t like the way I’m doing it they can get someone else.

If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I’m not like that I never shoot blanks.

Nobody is my boss.

I don’t kiss nobody’s butt.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

I’m old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I’d tell them where to put it.

I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.

I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

If you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don’t have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

I want to negotiate what I’m worth. I want to put my analytics forward, man-to-man, and to be like, ‚This is what I’m owed now. Pay me.‘ And then we can talk.

If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

I won’t let people write anything they want to about me.

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.

Well I have a microphone and you don’t so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.