Eric Ripert Quotes

Most important, don't do anything you don't want.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

All I have to do is what's right for me.

It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

I want to be intentional about my freedom - in choosing it, honoring it, and protecting it. One of the best feelings I know is feeling truly free.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.'

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

I'm not here to judge, I'm here to empower women to figure out what's best for them.

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

Let me do me.

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.

It's important to keep your power and not give it up.

I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.

No one controlled Frank Sinatra or told him how to sing. No secret group of managers has been telling someone like Jay-Z what to do or how to look. And no one tells me what to do except me and the people who believe in me.

Who am I to say anybody can't do what they want to do and create their own destiny if they believe in something?

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

At the end of the day, you have to do what's best for you, and I support any guy who stays home.

Being independent in my choices is important to me.

I own my life. I get to do what I want when I want.

I can perform whenever I want to, without the pressure of having to.