Top 35 Michael Avenatti Quotes

A lot of people have sought to place me in the position as the leader of the anti-Trump movement. That is not something that I have aspired to. It’s not something that I’ve requested.

I have a lot of notoriety now because of the Stormy Daniels case. I was less well known before outside of legal circles.

I think I’ve always acted confident, even at times I haven’t been confident.

‘The Washington Post’ doesn’t have to report on what I post on Twitter. CNN doesn’t have to report on what I post on Twitter. All kinds of media outlets – they don’t have to report on anything that I post on Twitter. Just like they don’t have to report on all kinds of other things that other people post on Twitter.

Michael Cohen is a criminal, and he deserves the max penalty.

I don’t generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the way and then some, no question.

I’m not avoiding Fox, but they don’t seem to want me to be on their shows much. I can’t understand that.

I’m a mercenary. That’s what people hire me for, and I don’t apologize for it.

Just like there is nothing wrong with calling out unethical attorneys, there is nothing wrong with calling out unethical journalists.

In L.A., anytime a show is a success, people come out of the woodwork claiming they had the idea first.

Anybody that says I don’t have any experience in immigration cases doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

The attorney doesn’t decide what to do; the client ultimately decides what to do.

I think Donald Trump is a very unique candidate.

I ended up working on over 150 political campaigns in 42 states; over a third of those were for Republicans. I want to be clear about that. Approximately two-thirds were for Democrats, so, I worked on both sides of the aisle, across the United States.

Frankly, sometimes you have to go into the belly of the beast, as they say, and take on some of these individuals even if they’re entirely unprofessional, like Tucker Carlson.

Over the years, Democrats have had a lot of very talented individuals, but they have lacked fighters.

I completely disagree with the idea of eliminating ICE. We should not eliminate ICE: it’s like saying we should eliminate the police force.

My past business dealings, my personal life, who I’m dating, the details of my divorce, other business matters that I’ve had – all that should be completely off-limits.

I am blessed to have an incredible staff of other highly competent paralegals, lawyers, and others that I have surrounded myself with. This is not a one-man band by any stretch.

I’ve never understood this idea of not shooting straight with people.

I’m not going to opine as to whether I think a particular candidate can beat Donald Trump or not.

I can be aggressive at times. I didn’t get to where I am by being a pushover, O.K.?

I would not describe myself as a Trump hater.

I believe that our party, the Democratic party, must be a party that fights fire with fire.

This argument that somehow I’m chasing the limelight is a bunch of nonsense, and it’s offensive – highly offensive – to me.

For good or for bad, I’m a risk taker. I like high-stakes, high-reward type situations.

The kind of work I do, there’s usually a lot of money on the line; there are jobs on the line. It’s not a world that lends itself to everyone being friendly all the time. We’re certainly not sitting around holding hands singing ‘Kumbaya.’

I’m not an expert on journalistic standards. I want to be clear on that.

I’m not under obligation to provide information to everyone that wants it when they want it.

Donald Trump – you can say a lot of negative things about him, and I do, and I think he’s completely unprepared for the office, and he lacks the fabric to lead this nation, but if there’s one thing that he understands, it’s branding and how to navigate the media.

When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight… Should they carry more weight? Absolutely not. But do they? Yes.

If you’re going to be a fighter, and you’re going to fight for the future of this country and lead the Democratic Party, then you can’t be ducking fights.

Being president isn’t a solo position. You surround yourself with highly qualified people that are smarter about issues than you are. But that’s not enough. You then have to listen to them.

I’m not a celebrity. I’m a guy doing a job.

Part of the problem is that we don’t have enough Democrats that will actually stand toe-to-toe with this bully Donald Trump and fight for the rights and values of this republic.