James Carville Quotes

I have no regrets. I find everything happens for a reason and the reason why maybe this is happening is I won't take BS from anyone. And I think it's making me stand out on my own and be very independent and fight for what I believe in.

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

I do what I want to do instead of what other people think I should do, and I'm kind of stubborn that way.

I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.

You have to be a warrior and say, "Maybe it's everyone else's system, but it's not mine." (from her recent interview here, on Goodreads)

If it is something that is right for human beings, then I don't care if other people criticize. You cannot please everyone in the world.

I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.

You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions... Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

People say I'm difficult and sometimes that's a badge of honour.

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.

I wasn't a very convenient person for the leadership. I had my own opinion about things and knew how to insist on this.

I've learned that I don't need much sleep, and that I am able to really stand up for the things that I think that are important and that there are a lot of people out there who agree with me.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I'm a combative person, I know I am, and the greatest thing about law school was I learned to fight with my brain. I clarified something to myself. No matter how much you want to live in the white man's world, you either live by what you believe in, or you die.

I don't take nothin' from no one. I do what I wanna do. And I'm gonna do that until the day I die. And if I can't do that, then I'll just die.

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'