Rodrigo Rato Quotes

I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.

Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

The only power you have is the word no.

I have been accused of never saying no.

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

An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.

I spent 90 percent of every day saying no to dopey ideas.

I'm really good at telling people 'no.'

In politics, you must learn to say 'no' without offending people. That is an art that one must master: to satisfy a person even when you have to say 'no' to him.

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

I have learned that it's OK for me to say no to things.

If I don't like anything I say no to it.

You start to take those opportunities when you do get a wildcard, but also you're allowed to say no - just because you get a wildcard doesn't mean you have to say yes. Some weeks I think its OK to take a wildcard, some weeks its not.

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

It's really fun to say no sometimes. I just don't want to discount how fun it is to say no and exercise your right to say no, and - as a girl - it's important to know how to say no... and that no means no!

There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.

The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes.

If you can't say yes, it's no. Don't sugarcoat it. Don't talk yourself into yes just to seem like a nice guy. No one ever went broke because he or she said "NO" too often.

The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

I've learned to really just say no. If I don't want to do something, I won't do it. There's nothing that can make me do anything.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don't want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion

It doesn't matter. Take Eddie's blood. Take Belikov's blood. Take your own for all I care. But If she doesn't want to give hers, then that's all there is to it. She said no. This conversation is done.

Focusing is all about saying no

Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.

The key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing.