Offset Quotes

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

I like being a boss.

Be the chief but never the lord.

… essentially lacking in the quality of leadership.

I was not a presider; I was a leader.

Gotta watch out for directors.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

I like control.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

I've never wanted to be the boss.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

You run the party or the party runs you.

Leadership doesn't amount to much unless you have followers.

Hegemony mean[t] that [Athens] organized and directed their combined efforts without securing permanent political power over the other[s].

Leadership means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every little twit with a mouth.

The duties of the ruler are like those of the helmsman of a great ship. From his lofty position, he makes slight movements with his hands, and the ship, of itself, follows his desires and moves. This is the way whereby the one may control the ten thousand and by quiescence may regulate activity.

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

I think 'manager' is a stupid word.