Judith Leiber Quotes

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

It's about listening first, then selling.

Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.

I'm the best and I'll thank you to remember that.

Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.

My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place.

I would just say that nobody could do what I do unless you had a big ego. It's the only way you can really put it. You have to be arrogant enough to challenge the arrogance of the human race.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

How can I not be straightforward? I’m not a nobody. A somebody like me needs to handle things in a straight forward manner.

I tell people what to do, and so what? I am more qualified than the other board members, so my advice means more.

The very essence of the male animal, from the bantam rooster to the four-star general, is to strut.

Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?

As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how you want to play a role, and you endeavour to convince people of your interpretation or your point of view.

Everybody in the world knows how good I am.

I think there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance.

I never get nervous and I'm always very confident to the point where some people think I'm cocky.

I'm the best player in the country. That's how I think. That's how I feel.

A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.

I used to send out emails to producers to collaborate and they'd give me nothing, not even a response. As soon as I started popping off, out they came!

I was always very much a diva.

We don't spend a lot of money to sell the product.

I'm definitely used to being the centerpiece of a team.

It's okay to be confident, but not arrogant.

For those of you who don't know who I am, I don't care.