Carlos Vela Quotes

It is pointless to get your knickers in a twist if a certain person fails to react the way you want. It is best to avoid people and situations that you know drive you crazy. Remember to vote with your feet. If a situation is untenable or unchangeable, walk away.

If you have a problem with my answer that's your problem, not my problem.

I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

I don't like confrontation. I don't care about it. If someone tries it with me, they will be talking to themselves because I don't listen.

I would like to have a right not to have an opinion. I don't want to have to care about everything.

You make it a production. Slam doors. Knock things over. Scream. But I just leave. Even if I'm still standing there, I leave. I am refusing you. I am denying you. I am an adjective that is quickly turning into a noun.

If I'm not in the mood to deal with you, then I just don't deal with you. I look at it like, me not dealing with you could save me a lot of trouble - me forcing myself to deal with you could bring me a lot of trouble. So I just play it by ear.

I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully monitoring the person’s attitude so that they wouldn’t get any closer. I didn’t easily swallow what other people told me. My only passions were books and music

'No' puts distance between you and the wrong influence.

-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.

Jude's rule number five: Never get to close to anyone or anything that you can't walk away at a moment's notice if you have to. When you have to.

I'm keeping my power to myself and my glow. I'm not giving anybody my glow anymore.

Why trip off some random person in Idaho that doesn't feel my vibe? Like, no thank you. Stay in your life; I'll stay in mine.

I like to stay away from the game when I am not playing it.

We keep some distance between ourselves when we're not working. I think that's a really good thing.

I tend to leave people alone that I admire.

I felt like I might as well have been living in another part of the solar system.

Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?

I care about people, but if they try to control me, I don't care about them.

My family and friends are the only people I pay mind to. It's none of my business what anyone else thinks. I don't even know them, so why should I care?

I don't believe in giving advice.

I've figured out over the years, you can only hurt me if I love you; if I don't know you, I really don't care.

I think I've preserved most of my private life, and I think that's still important for me, and that's still important for my family.