Pete Seeger Quotes

The older you get, the more people think they have to listen to you.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness which is so keenly felt but so seldom expressed by the people of our age.

I like my men to be manly, as you'll see from my books.

I don't want any man I can run over. What I love about a man in control is it allows them to be the kings that I always expect them to be.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

I found a lot of guys my age and older were absolutely terrified of me. Younger men weren't.

I have had to answer questions like, 'But you don't look like lead material.' Now, I still don't know what 'lead material' looks like because everyone has eyes, a nose, and a face.

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.

"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."

The trouble with the young people today is that it is they who are young.

When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

I underestimated you, woman." ... "The cry of men down the ages.

The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.

God established patriarchy when he established the world. God established a patriarchal world. If we're going to have true reformation in America, it is because men once again, if I may use a worn out expression, have righteous testosterone flowing through their veins. They are not afraid of the contempt of their contemporaries. They are not here to get along. They are not even here to take issue. They are here to take over!

I like getting older and being the person who people ask for help.

Most people named Willie are either in prison or on the armwrestling circuit.

This guy [Donald Trump] is not going to get pushed around.

Oh, you young people act like old men. You have no fun.

When you think about people, you give them power.

In my own experience of male and female directors, people have a much, much harder time taking a direct command from a woman. It's somehow very difficult for people.

No matter what age you are, if you have it and you know it, then people should listen to you.