Quotes About Leadership

For the most part, it's straight white men running these labels and publishing companies.

I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.

In 1981, Ms. Ebtekar was made editor-in-chief of the English-language newspaper 'Kayhan International.' The man who gave her the job was Mr. Khatami, who was then head of the Kayhan publishing house.

For me, when I came in, I was always worried about making the other guys happy and giving them the puck and almost giving them a little too much respect. It can take away from your game a little bit.

What really is nasty is showing your back to the Puerto Rican people.

There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he'd say, 'Boss, we've got this, and that, and the other thing.' And I'd look at him and I'd say, 'Good.'

You pull anyone from an alien planet down to Earth, and you want to show them great work, show them Tywin Lannister on 'Game of Thrones.' I mean, it's just as good as it gets.

It's amazing the hours you pull when you're the lead of a show.

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

You know, when you've idolized something, you put it on a shelf, lift it up, and when King Day comes out, you pull it out and show it. Or when Black History Month comes out, you show it, or when April 4th or other times, you show it. But, you see, Dad wouldn't want us to idolize.

You have to have the courage to pull the company up and force them to change and move.

It's hard for the same people who put you in the ditch to pull you out of it.

And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.

I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.

One thing Jim McGreevey wants the world to know: Leading a double life as a gay man trying to appear straight was easy for him to pull off. He was 'good' at it. Not only that - it helped him become a better politician.

I keep working with fairly inexperienced directors. You know, if you have a good crew, a good cameraman, you know, I know what I'm doing. If the actors know what they're doing, we can all pull together, and it works.

If you can get out in front of people with your ideas and your execution, you'll attract the people who need to be pulled in.

I always believed if you worked honestly and pulled for the team, you could keep moving up. So, that's what I did.

I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service.

I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work.

When it's foggy in the pulpit it's cloudy in the pew.

Bully pulpit of the presidency is really tough to fight.