Gene Green Quotes

Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'

I've never been a yes man.

If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.

I ain't got nothing to prove to nobody.

I dig my heels in every now and then, and think 'I'm not going to do what's expected or what people think is the right thing.' So I have a little bit of that in my personality.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

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.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.

But what I'm not is someone who just comes in and becomes a lapdog to the board. Anyone who knows my personality knows that's not me.

I'm talented and I don't listen to people. I have a mind of my own.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.

I don't have to explain myself to nobody. Nobody. I don't.

I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down

I always wanted to be different and do things differently. I was a pain in the neck. I was challenging everything you wanted me to do and challenging people in school.