Francesca Annis Quotes

All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced upon them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else..

Karan Thapar is aggression personified.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation.

Did Mad freakin' Max just call me irritating?

I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'

If you're nasty to me in my place of business, I'm going to be really nasty back.

If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.

Stop crapping all over my husband.

You said something I didn't say. Now shove it.

Whenever we meet opposition, we do not look to see if it is just, but how we can get out of it, rightly or wrongly. Instead of welcoming arms we stretch out our claws.

I don't ignore anything. Somebody gets in my face, I get in their face.

I don't like going to decisions. I always try to finish people, knock them out, beat them up, and that's always the game plan.

There is nobody that I wouldn't fight.

I was never the person to try and be the centre of attention or to talk a lot. I was always the person who, if you say something, I'd just punch you in your face. For real.

I know if someone talked trash to me, I'd want to kick his butt.

I kind of focus on my own stuff, really, and then when people come into my territory, I've got to fight them away, and that's what we do every time fight night happens.

You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.

You were an ass long before I made one outta ya!

He always had a chip on his shoulder that he was ready to use to kindle an argument.

Are you conceding?' he says, his mouth falling open with mock surprise. 'Seems like that serum did you some good after all...' I shove him as hard as I can. 'Take that back. Take it back now.' 'Okay, okay!' He puts up his hands. 'It's just... I'm not very nice either, you know. That's why I like you so- ' 'Out!' I shout, pointing at the door.

A hint of a frown touched his mouth. “I told you that wasn’t about feeding.” “No, it was about you making your point.” I skewered a bite and chewed. “Next time, maybe use something other than my jugular as your Exhibit A?