Eric Massa Quotes

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

Sarri was my manager, he wasn't my friend.

It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.

You are almost not free, if you are teaching a group of graduate students, to become friends with one of them. I don't mean anything erotically charged, just a friendship.

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

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.

I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.

One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.

When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.

I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.

So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

The deputies have expressed their confidence in me, but I have no confidence in them.

It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power.

The more authority a person asks for in a democracy, the less privacy they’re entitled to.

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

I do not wish to see men of culture asking to be entrusted with power

When you're the president, there's tremendous respect, and everybody goes out of their way respecting you and honoring you... it can be a trap. Nobody says 'Boo' to you, and nobody tells you you're wrong, hardly, if you have the wrong people around you.

Underlings look up to the boss for behavioral cues, subtle signs, hints and gestures.

I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect.

The Boss doesn't need friends, but the ones I do have, I keep very close.

It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.

You can try, but you seem cleverer than Fudge, so I'd have thought you'd have learned from his mistakes. He tried intervening at Hogwarts. You might have noticed he's not Minister anymore, but Dumbledore's still headmaster. I'd leave Dumbledore alone, if I were you.