Michel de Montaigne Quotes

... combines a limited outlook with strong qualities of resistance.

I'm stubborn. I'm hardheaded. I don't do what I don't want to do.

There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody.

I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me.

If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.'

I suppose you could say there is an in-built stubbornness to me.

I am obstinate and I will not give in.

I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!

In the end you’ll see you won’t stop me.

I give in to nothing or nobody. Cut me, break my bones, it was all the same.

By the time I finish with the two of you, you will be begging me to let you die. (Desiderius) Desi dearest, I have never begged a day in my life, and the sun will surely splinter before I ever plead for anything from the likes of you. (Kyrian)

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

It would take wild horses to get me to talk.

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done.

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

I'm pretty tenacious when it comes to problems.

I've been called 'hardheaded,' 'obstinate,' 'unreasonable,' etc.

Consistency frequently launches its devotees into obstinacy.

His has a rigidity, an arrogance, and an obstinacy that will cause him to foment a thousand unfortunate incidents.

I do not intend to step aside at anyone's request.

Pigheaded covers a multitude of virtues - as well as sins.