Jenny Slate Quotes

I'm in control of the positions that I allow myself to be in.

There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails. I'm my own person.

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that I walk, talk, shop, or date. When you start feeding off of that outside acceptance and accolades, you lose sight of what's actually real. Once you get there, it's kind of hard to double back.

I like being known for being good at maths and having a brain. If I've been asked to do something but it's not relevant to me, I don't do it. I'd feel a bit of an idiot just turning up in a dress.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

I am not driven.

I am incredibly, incredibly fortunate about the opportunities I've had. But at the same time, I've had plenty of opportunities to screw it up, too. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is 'No...' and not feel the need to do everything. It's about doing what rings true to me.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future... but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don't let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

We must know our limitations and expend our lives only in the cause of our independence.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

I don't really care what anyone else is doing. I'm only focussed on my work.

Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.

I'm very much in a mindset that I take myself out of anything that I'm not involved in.

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

The greatest possession is self-possession.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

Maybe you could call me a little controlling or I like things to be my way, but since I was a little girl, I've known what I wanted. I'm very rootsy, but it really hadn't ever caused me too much strife. I really know when to say when. I'm not too outward but I'm very honest.

Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will.

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.