Lina Wertmuller Quotes

When you're a director, the job itself forces you to take charge.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

The person who manages the state is me.

I want to be the guy calling the shots.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.

I was not a presider; I was a leader.

Leadership does matter.

When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

I'm really more of an executive.

I like being a boss.

I know how to lead.

Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

I have never been afraid of being in charge, whether I have been coach, manager or caretaker.

I am better when I have control. I am not a power freak. But my point is that I need to feel that I can manage the team and have a direct, clear line through to the owners. Once that becomes hazy, for me, there is a problem.

Much of command is the ability to take command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.