Rupert Murdoch Quotes

There is a fine line between constructive oversight and unconstructive meddling.

Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate.

The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.

The point is to be involved in the moment.

Every person's remembering will be different. That engagement is important, I think.

It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved.

We need to engage rather than educate people.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.

There are times when looking away is simply not enough.

Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention.

When you're not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it's important for the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse.

If you aren't listening, you are missing out.

Nothing made me happier than to hear from literally hundreds of listeners who would tell me how much the commentaries revealed about a subject they otherwise had never cared much for.

I keep an eye on politics, although I wouldn't say I'm political.

Since a thing cannot be known directly or totally, one can only attune to it, with greater or lesser degrees of intimacy.

I try to watch everybody.

You've got to introduce people to things in a way they're going to enjoy.