Jason Fried Quotes

'No' is always an easier stand than 'Yes.'

What's the difference between yes and no?

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.

No is the foundation that we can build our yes on.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.

When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to make the further step, a change of loyalties.

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing.

I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready.

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

It's one thing to make the speeches. It's another to make the tough decisions.

Do you think it’s wise, darling? You know you’ve got to rule this afternoon.

I have been asked to direct many times and usually said no.

Whether someone signs something is not what's important. It's what they do and how they do it that matters.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

There are three kinds of yeses. There's commitment, confirmation, and counterfeit. People are most used to giving the counterfeit yes because they've been trapped by the confirmation yes so many times. So the way you master no is understanding what really happens when somebody says 'no.' When yes is commitment, no is protection.

My job isn't to win popularity contests.

I think there is no need for anything. There is only a choice of role that an actor has to make. He must live by it.

If the deal is not right, just walk away. You don't have to take it, you don't have to keep going, arguing or trying to find a middle ground. If you're not comfortable with it, just go.

'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'

It's easy to want the benefits of something; it's hard to want the cost.