Baron Corbin Quotes

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find another way to get my 'yes.' But I'm a loyal person.

If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.

Never argue; repeat your assertion.

Am I pushy? Yep. Do I like taking 'no' for an answer when 'no' means New Yorkers aren't going to get something they need? No. Do I push back and crack some eggs? Absolutely.

Don't force it, get a bigger hammer.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

Politics is war without the bloodshed.

Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity.

As an actor - and I say actor, but actress or actor, whatever - I've had to learn to be very open about what I want. I ask for it, even if I may not get it. I feel like it's worth the ask.

You can only beat a guy down so far before he has a tendency to start listening to what you're saying.

You have to understand what it is you want, create a plan for what you want, and don't allow them to give you any less than what it is you want, and that's it.

Knowing some guys are way bigger than you, way faster than you, you have to find other ways to do what you want to do.

Never take what's offered, always ask for more.

I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.

Power cedes nothing without a demand.

I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in.

I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first. - Ender

Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased.

Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.

A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble.