Keith Waterhouse Quotes

Gotta watch out for directors.

I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out.

I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion... Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game - a confidence game.

Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.

An expert is someone who is capable of articulating the interests of people with power.

What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other people's decisions for them?

I am polite and I usually always consult them [Congressional leaders]. I don't ask their permission. I just consult them.

In the Congress, for every small thing, you have to consult the general secretaries.

A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.

We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.

An expert is someone who articulates the needs of those in power.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

Like it or not - and often we don't - power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation. Yes, it can be - and often is - abused, in business as in all arenas of endeavor. But it can also be used to do great good for great numbers. And as a career-building tool, the slow and steady (and subtle) amassing of power is the surest road to success.

They use force, to make you do, what the deciders, have decided you must do.

Praise is the daughter of present power.

Every power grab is the new base camp for the next power grab.

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.

Where there's fear, there is power.

Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.

One either imposes one's ideas or one is imposed on.

To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions.

Power is the relation of a given person to other persons, in which the more this person expresses opinions, theories and justifications of the collective action the less is his participation in that action.