Terry Pratchett Quotes

When I walk into the room, I own it!

My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation.

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.

I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.

Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

I feel like I own the stage.

The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

I've always had this strong sense that I know best.

I am in control at all times.

I've always been bossy.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

If a man means to be hard, let him keep in his saddle and speak from that height, above the level of pleading eyes, and with the command of a distant horizon.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.

No way can you ever, ever, ever evidence confusion, concern, lack of understanding. You have to be in charge. You are the guy. You have to be cooler than cool, smarter than smart.

There was a reason they called me 'the female boss' in N-Dubz - I did all the talking.

I'm the top dog.

I know I'm the most influential.

It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing.

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.