Neil Young Quotes

Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says.

Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

When I was captain, John Wright was making all the decisions and I followed like an obedient student.

Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

It's very scary to me that people actually think we should just follow our leaders. If we can't learn from our history, we're nowhere.

I love to be directed. They can trust me and go.

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

By pushing children and wanting quick success, parents are producing followers, not leaders.

When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false.

When I'm on the court, I'm a follower.

Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.

It isn't worth trying to lead if your people won't follow.

He was in charge of everything and I was to be wherever he wasn’t.

… blind followers …

Men like children move but as they're led…

It's the way we are - our people show their respect to their leaders by keeping quiet. It is considered rude to speak your mind.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

The path of freedom is blocked much more by those who wish to obey than by those who wish to command.

We don’t have a problem of leadership. We have a problem of followership.

When you're a member of a team, when I was member of a team, whether I ultimately agreed or disagreed, once a president makes a decision, everybody, in my opinion, has to go with that decision, or you shouldn't be a member of the team. Your reputation rises and falls with the person who's the leader of the team.

I do whatever the manager tells us to do, really.