Scarlett Johansson Quotes

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

I like a guy who is confident and easy-going, but a man who's a man, not a man who is a little boy. I like a man who is comfortable with himself.

My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.

As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.

There are times I am happy. There are times I am sad. But I always try to separate emotion from the need to reach for something stronger, deeper. And then no matter the emotion, I can reach for a stability that helps me accomplish what is the goal.

Forties are good! I'm thinking with my brain now, which is a lot more clear, and women seem to appreciate that. It's a wonderful decade where you're in control of yourself but the women are still interested.

I'm not a confused person in real life. I'm very clear.

I don't feel like I'm influenced by anybody, but I feel I'm definitely becoming more a leader.

If you are sure you are right, you need not worry what the world thinks.

I already know my size. I don't need reminding.

I'm at the age where i don't have to kiss arse or play nice!

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at all.

I stopped looking at people's opinions. It's easy to get caught up in what other people think.

I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.

I think powerful women don't care whether or not they're liked.

In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.

Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength.

I have my own strength.

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.

I don't need someone else's power. I'm obtaining my own.

The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.