Quotes About Assertiveness

I don't want to be a punching bag.

Guys are going to talk. We're going to respond... they aren't going to punk us. Not me. They're not going to punk Tristan Thompson.

I'm not anybody's puppet.

I'm not a puppet in anyone's hands.

I'm not here to be a puppet, if you will.

I needed to be sexier. I needed to be more hip. I needed to be more edgy and this and that. 'No, don't write that kind of song, write this type of song. No, don't work with that producer, work with this producer. No, don't wear those clothes, wear these clothes.' And I didn't want to be a puppet, you know?

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That's it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

What was really special about 'Hanna' as a character is her pursuit of agency.

I've never let people push me around in politics.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

No one can tell you what to do or push you around. It gives you a secure feeling. That's the best thing about money.

I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.

I think, with a negotiation, you have to go in knowing what you want, knowing what your bottom line is, and knowing what you might accept if you're absolutely pushed.

When I'm pushed, I shove.

I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.

I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

There are more and more of us women out there who won't be pushed around and will give back a lot more than was bargained for. You have to mean it, though.

I don't think anyone likes to be pushed around.

I won't let myself be pushed around.

No one comes into our house and pushes us around.

Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.

The Chinese are quite clear what their interests are and very consistent on pushing their interests.

If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.