Tina Brown Quotes

No one is asking for an Oprah in Chief. Anyhow, Obama is too chilly by nature ever to be convincing as a human care package.

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.

I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held that job. It's a 24-hour barrage of information.

Calm down. If you want to be President you have to be calm.

There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

Bill Kenwright has taught me how to deal with people.

One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable

As the excited passions of hostile people are of themselves a powerful enemy, both the general and his government should use their best efforts to allay them.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift.

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

Obama does seem to have what both FDR and Lincoln had, which is the recognition that you have to hold back at times and then wait to come forward.

One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.

President Obama's biggest weakness is weakness.

I never thought I'd say this: what Obama needs in his personality is a little George Bush.

I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper most of the time.