Ella Purnell Quotes

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more.

Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.

I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I think the quickest way to get me to do something is really, 'You can't do that.' And I'm like, 'OK, I will make that happen.'

I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes.

I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.

The fastest way to get me to go out and do something is to tell me no way I can do it.

The best way to motivate me is to tell me I can't do something.

There are always more people to prove wrong.

Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.

You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

If you tell me I can't do something, it just makes me want to do it more.

I stand up to people.

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.

I'm on a mission. If I can make even one person not enjoy something they're currently enjoying, it's all worth it!

If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more.

The student will try to defy the master. Always.

When you dare me to do something, I will say, 'Watch me'. That is what I say to critics. 'Watch me'.

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.