Natalia Makarova Quotes

I'm well aware that I have been described in some quarters as being 'enigmatic, taciturn, prickly, explosive and forbidding'. Well, I have my moods like anyone else; I won't deny it.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.

My father was judgmental and kind of mean, and I'm like that. And he was very perfectionistic, and I'm like that. And he was very hard on himself, and I'm like that.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

He was so narrow minded, he could see thru a keyhole with both eyes.

I'm a very difficult person to live with.

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

My dad was quite an extreme man.

Donald Trump has proven to be the kind of person who you can't reason with and who you can't have a logical conversation with - and who I can't imagine having a heart-to-heart conversation thinking that I would change something specifically about this person.

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.

My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.

My hatred is diamond-hard.

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

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

My father is a very strict man.

We all have enemies, but my enemies would probably describe me as surprisingly ruthless.

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

You must be ruthless, relentless, and remorseless! Sack the lot!

The most closed, control freak, administration I have ever covered.

The Swiss can be very difficult.

I get very annoyed when people think I'm nice or diffident or a polite English gentleman. I'm a nasty piece of work, and people should know that.

I became quite a diva, and intolerant, and people knew when I was not pleased. Some people were afraid of me, and other people just kind of blew me off. But I wasn't making any friends. I only had one person who remained my friend, and he was my boyfriend for a while. Even though I told him I was gay, he was like, 'That's alright.'

I don't suffer fools, and I like to see fools suffer.