Quotes About Charisma

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one.

Walter Mondale has all the charisma of a speed bump.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone.

He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued.

There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.

Be a politician; no training necessary.

Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it They will go for you and with you

People who love life have charisma because they fill the room with positive energy.

People like to be around those who give off positive energy.

I try to give positive energy in all my shows.

If you would be powerful pretend to be powerful.

A charming girl gets more proposals than a beautiful girl.

I'm the tower of power, too sweet to be sour.

If a man has enough power, he can speak softly and everyone will listen

People keep saying, 'How'd you get power?' Nobody gives you power. I'll tell you what power is. Power in my estimation is if people will listen to you. That's it.

There is too such a thing as sex on legs. What it looks like might depend on your definition, but hoo boy, does it exist. Everyone's got a type that makes them stop in a crowd, turn around for a better look, and stare until they realize they're embarrassing themselves. Either that, or the wet dream walking turns around to give you the eye or flip you the finger.

To every sweetheart he (Casanova) gave himself exclusively; he had so many selves.

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.

The real rivals among your peers will be room-changers. Certain people, when they walk into a room, alter the atmosphere. Everybody else adjusts their posture, their willingness to listen, their ideas. This is not a full definition of leadership, only its most obvious symptom.

Strange, that Earthpeople always follow one who is not wise, but merely compelling.

We would like to suggest that these three principles - call them control of violence, control of information, and individual charisma - are also the three possible bases of social power. The threat of violence tends to be the most dependable, which is why it has become the basis for uniform systems of law everywhere; charisma tends to be the most ephemeral.

This is why the secret agent has become the mythic symbol of the modern state. James Bond, with his licence to kill, combines charisma, secrecy and the power to use unaccountable violence, underpinned by a great bureaucratic machine.