Luvvie Ajayi Quotes

This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible.

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.

Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.

I've certainly never used my father's name as a way of getting a meeting. And fortunately, I've never needed to.

If you want to find out if someone's a taker, it's not actually that useful to know what they've accomplished. What you want to want to know is how they explain them.

Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

I'm selfish.

All flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

To plunder, to lie, to show your ass, are the three essentials for climbing high.

The very men to whom the whole country looks to set an example …to accept … the personal inconvenience, are doing exactly the reverse …. They are cackling like wet hens to hold their special privilege.

No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.

There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

I sort of got lucky in that I was able to carve a niche for myself.

The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that.

It would be a most despicable thing to suggest I would exploit the poor for my own personal gain.

I've been a big blagger all my life.

I'm just going to go out there, pop on my leather gloves, and constantly make connections outside the Octagon, and that will make me bigger in the Octagon.

If you cash in on people, then they aren't your friends.

After working so hard in 'PKP 1,' I made a space for myself in the film world. Why would I give it away to somebody else? Shouldn't I be benefitted from that image if I have created something for myself?

You know what, every decision I make is in the best interest of my brand.

I'm taught to adapt and exploit every situation in the ring.

There's a lot of 'who you know' in this business, and I don't think I skipped a step on the journey.