Joanna Coles Quotes

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

I like being in charge of the remote control.

I like control.

I'd rather be running the game than playing it.

All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader.

Offset is a boss.

I want to be the guy calling the shots.

We were not born to sue, but to command.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Gotta watch out for directors.

I like to be in control of things.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

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

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.

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

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

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

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

I am a director. I'm the one who can order men around.

… essentially lacking in the quality of leadership.

I was not a presider; I was a leader.

The person who manages the state is me.