James C. Collins Quotes

There are a few people who are, let's say, personality-challenged, who would like to set up a cult, but in large part they fail due to the innate stroppiness and independence of their fellow pagans.

My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.

You can't teach charisma. You can draw it out of people if it's there and they haven't quite figured out how to utilize it yet, but it's just one of those things, that's why they call it the "X factor".

It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot, and good directors who don't say much and vice-versa. It just depends on whether people respond to that personality and whether people have a willingness to do something for them.

Lack of charisma can be fatal.

God has blessed me with a certain amount of presence and a certain amount of charisma.

There are different ways to be charismatic.

If you can't communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you're giving up your potential.

Charisma, that's my strong point. My personality was always good, but with music I had to grow into it. I grew into who I am now.

Some really famous people, even when they're off-duty, have this energy that is sort of overpowering.

He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea.

I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.

I think what Obama does more than his amazing speaking ability is he's able to connect with voters. And it's that hope that he brings out in American citizens that we are all hungry for, that people get excited about Sen. Obama.

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.

Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.

Leadership (according to John Sculley) revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation. A leader must be able to leverage more than his own capabilities. He must be capable of inspiring other people to do things without actually sitting on top of them with a checklist.

Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.

Narcissistic personalities usually do do better than you and me and the average person. We've always seen it in the office. The person who speaks up more in meetings, the person who's charismatic, who can sell an idea with more excitement and energy.

I think one thing that always attracted me to movies was the personalities. I went to movies not because the stories necessarily appealed to me, but because of the people in them.

[People] know what [Donald] Trump wants. They are fascinated with the idea, "Can Trump really get this?" Because Trump, there's nothing professional about him.

I'm a believer that charisma makes a huge difference in people's decisions to follow you. However, it's not just that you say it well, but it's that you know it well. It helps if you can say it well enough that people want to follow you. Charisma isn't required, but it makes a big difference.

But I also think it's about a person's personality that draws people in, too, not just their singing.

It's about having personality...it's not about being the bad guy, it's about entertaining people.

My biggest fear always is that I’ll photograph an idea rather than a person, so I try to be quite sensitive to how people are.

That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.