Quotes About Vision

A developer who is not optimistic shouldn't be a developer.

A long-term manager is a better option than a short-term one, but you've got to get the right man.

Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective.

People talk very much about, 'What can we do with the orchestra in the 21st century?' We should think about the 21st century, of course.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

I do a film because at that particular moment, I want to make a film. It is my attempt at moving away from the ordinary.

It's a very organic feeling to have something really speak to you and kind of lay out the blueprint for you.

In comedy you have to be prepared and be specific and have a vision so your comedy feels organic and relatable and it's a lot of work to get to that point.

I may have a story idea but everything starts moving when I am able to see my characters clearly. They then organically lead or respond to the story or the universe I want to create.

Organisations and institutions are, at the end of the day, manned by people who put their shared vision above individual interests.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

I would like to be a manager, to organize everything in training, see if my philosophy could work, and give it to the team.

From the first-year students' fall orientation to the board's annual budget-approval meeting, everything a healthy college does requires a shared sense of mission.

We endorse Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos' vision of 'millions of people living and working in space' - this is the heart and soul of the NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement.

I think my original ambition was to be an artist.

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.

This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority-African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way.

You never make movies for Oscars.

I was always very different from the other kids. I have an I.Q. of 156. I didn't play sports. I thought big. I thought I could achieve great things. I don't want to sound megalomaniac, but my whole life is about doing something for the world, from as far back as I can remember.

I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.

I don't dream small. But then, what are we without our dreams?

I let my people know that I'd love to work with Ryan Coogler one day because I thought he's just one of those truly auteur directors of our time. And I was just like, 'I want to work with a guy like that.' I think he has such a great understanding and distinct voice of his own.

That's the fun part of being CEO. You can actually say, 'Hey, this is what we should be spending our time on,' and people get it.