George C. Wolfe Quotes

Nobody is powerless.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

I have never given others a chance to exploit me.

What gives you real power is when you know your power. And I feel quite powerful.

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

The best agent for me is myself.

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

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 enjoy making the decisions.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

All I've ever needed is myself.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

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 don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

I have my own strength.

I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

I don't need someone else's power. I'm obtaining my own.

'Sexy' is being independent, being confident and having fun.

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.