Idina Menzel Quotes

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

I just like working with smart people.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world.

You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

Not being a genius, I believe in collaboration, and my background as a problem solver means I've never been afraid to work with people cleverer than myself.

Every time I work on a new set, I take whatever I can from it and learn as much as I can around the people who I am working with.

I always tried to align myself with strategic partners, friends, and information to help me with the things that I did not know, and ultimately, I made it.

If you put enough smart people together in one space, good things happen.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

I surround myself by people smarter than me.

I not only use all the brains I have but I borrow what I can from everyone about me.

I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.

My entire career has been built on the understanding that I am not only not the smartest person in the room, I am definitely not the smartest person in the world. And I am instead going to try to create as many opportunities to connect those great ideas and help them be great.

Coming in, you're so concerned about learning your job and the things you need to do to be successful individually. Once that's good, you can start to focus on learning guys around you and learning defenses and what they're trying to do to you.

I don't think I'm any smarter than any of my developers.

The most important thing you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with smart people who know a lot more than you do in certain realms.

I liked working with smart people.

I've been able to work with so many people, so I love asking advice from as many as possible.