Pat Paulsen Quotes

A long resume does not equate to good judgment.

I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

The best entrepreneurs I've ever met are all good communicators. It's perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.

Candidates in the future should be chosen based on their ability to sell themselves over the television airwaves.

The issue is not the length of your resume but the strength of your vision.

I’m an executive now. I have to be a bigger leader, more responsible leader, more careful about how I say things….

I feel quite lucky to have the platforms I have on both television and radio.

The average American is more focused on leadership than likeability. And more focused on qualifications than quality of speakership.

Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.

It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.

I've never listed my education degree as why people should vote for me. I think the average person is thinking more about what I've accomplished in my professional career and what I've accomplished in my career as a legislator.

We need someone who has the experience - and the demeanor - to be the president of the United States.

I'm not sure leaders listen enough, especially to their people. And I've always thought in everything I've tried to do in my life, in the jobs I've had, is that if we can turn our transmitters off and our receivers on more often, we're better leaders and we know more of what is going on and therefore we can lead more effectively.

I don't know anything about press conferences." "Oh, just Google it. I'm sure someone's written an article on holding a successful one. I mean, if the President can manage it, I'm sure you can. He looks like he can barely tie his shoes without help.

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

Obama's got a great sense of humor, but mainly he has a great thinking presence, which is uncommon. It's hard to imagine being able to do, think over answers and deliver them on television. If I were president I would constantly be spluttering.

Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.

We have been lead as the hip hop generation. We have been once again lead by people who are under qualified. It's like they just got a pair of new jeans..They just started wearing them below their belt 2 months ago.

Donald [Trump], is great at - at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate.

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.