Jack Nicholson Quotes

I'm my own salesman. I can't let anybody do anything for me.

I don't fight for anybody else besides myself and my family, so therefore I win.

I'm very realistic about who's coming to my defense. I am my defense.

You are the only person who can sell you, so you do spend a lot of time in your job by yourself everyday.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

The thing is, if you're in this world, you have to do things for yourself, not for others, because everyone will judge you for anything.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

Politically, economically and philosophically the motive of self-interest not only is but must...and ought to be the mainspring of human conduct...

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.

To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.

The majority of decisions, I've always taken by myself.

The best agent for me is myself.

I have never spoken for anyone but myself.

There's no better way to be than depending on yourself.