Michael C. Hall Quotes

There are certainly more people in the business world who would score high in the psychopathic dimension than in the general population. You'll find them in any organization where, by the nature of one's position, you have power and control over other people and the opportunity to get something.

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

If women were in charge of everything, there would be women tyrants. If black people were in charge, there would be black tyrants. If Hispanics were in charge, then Hispanic tyrants.

We sometimes forget that human invention can also be a subject of human invention: that might seem a modern notion, or a postmodern one, but novelists have taken time - sometimes time out from their realist fixations - to source and satirise the speech and power we rely on.

In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And, so they started to see a lot of that and there was, that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive.

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.

There's always someone who's going to interpret my material as racist, but it's not. Racism comes from intent and power. A racist will tell a joke about a group of people only when they're not in the room. I'll talk about a group of people only when they're in the room.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

A director without a vision is a catastrophe.