Brian Lamb Quotes

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

I am pretty rigid. It’s very hard for me to compromise on things I feel strongly about.

Yes, I can be rigid and adamant about a point of view.

Arguments have no chance against petrified training; they wear it as little as the waves wear a cliff.

I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

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

Some people have a mandate that you can't change.

The typical German coach wants things done one way - his way.

I think my whole deal was I didn't think other people had a right to an opinion. I think the problem I had was, in real life, it was my way or the highway, and if people disagreed with me, then they were just wrong.

A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.

I'm a purist.

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.

I was a purist bore.

The 'Artful Tommy' will never change - and perhaps shouldn't.

I don't think you could change my father; he is a very strong character. He believes totally in honesty.

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

All monarchies have a common characteristic...and that is stubbornness.

Consistency frequently launches its devotees into obstinacy.

The United States position is clear. We do not meet demands.

The obstinate Man does not hold Opinions; they hold him.

The Swiss can be very difficult.

Nobody who knows me and loves me dearly would ever call me adaptable or flexible. I'm not.

I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them.

I can be very stubborn, cold, strict, rigid, and - I'd like to think - driven.