Janet Evanovich Quotes

I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

I'm not good at compromise.

I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

I have been accused of never saying no.

Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.

Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.

He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want.

I'll play what you want or I won't play at all.

I have had to learn about saying no.

You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

I will not take 'but' for an answer.

Either back us or sack us.

Not an inch!!!

I don't care if you will get angry with me, but I am not open to a compromise. Contractualization must go. It is anti-people.

I won't take bullcrap from anybody.

If I had a choice, I'd rather not fight someone from Brazil, but as a professional, I couldn't say no.

I always think there's some value in saying no with a smile.

I say, 'I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick.' Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.

Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.” “Alex…,” Carver began. “Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

I want the tigard. (Varyk) And I want you to leave. Guess who’s going to win this argument? And in case you’re even denser than you appear, it’s not you. (Dev)

I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.

I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else