Rod Lurie Quotes

In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their passion, and we wanted to make use of all the talent that we have in-house.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

Work is no longer challenging.

I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people.

I want to work and be happy.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

Work is life. Work is opportunity.

You have to look at why people come and work at Nest. Part of it is that a lot of people here already know each other, but we're also on a mission with a purpose. People are personally motivated by energy or safety.

Any good business is a hobby. We have an integrated company culture, and I can honestly say that many people who come here to work make Yandex a central part of their lives.

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

There's a kind of numbness, a sameness, a lack of motivation in 'good job' culture.

'Time' was a glorious place to work in the years that I was there, from 1959 to 1964.

There are always opportunities at Liverpool.

The great thing about being a lead is getting to go to work every day and have fun.

I believe in giving people an opportunity to do their jobs.

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they're proud of.

Top managers love people and they want to be loved - it turns out being loved is good for your career, especially if you are the boss.

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do.

It's always good to be working.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.