Joanna Coles Quotes

I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.

I say 'no' a lot. And if I knew how easy it was to say no, I would have started saying it earlier.

I like a man who's going to tell me 'No!' sometimes.

Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it.

It took me to be 33 to start to know how to fight.

I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to.

What we say no to is sometimes more important than what we say yes to.

I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.

That's just me, growing up I've always had confidence.

I have learned how to say no, and I have to check myself all the time. I'm not great at it still. Women get criticized a lot more for saying no than men do.

We have to not be afraid to say no.

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

Before the heart attack, I used to do a lot of work - what's needed and what's not needed. I used to sing songs that leave an impact and those that didn't. I could never say 'No.' Now, I have learnt to say it, though, and believe me, it has not been easy to do so.

Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear.

I was 40 before I learned that 'No' was a complete sentence.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.

I think I'm a little more mature than the average guy.

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.