James Connolly Quotes

The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.

I had worked hard my entire career to establish myself as a leader. But I wasn't a leader until I was perceived as one.

You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.

Owning news makes you important; it gives you a seat at the table.

Image is powerful, but image is also superficial.

It is both an honour and a privilege to be asked to lead NBC News. The power of the brand, the scale of the legacy, the depth of the talent all make this organisation truly great.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth.

The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

Fame overcomes everything.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

A seat in the council is honor without profit.

An ass in another city becomes its head.

What strikes me most singular in you is, that you are fonder of Power than of Fame.

Politicians respect a lot of things, but nothing so much as success.

The influence of the leaders is due in very small measure to the arguments they employ, but in a large degree to their prestige. The best proof of this is that, should they by any circumstance lose their prestige, their influence disappears.

Knowledge is power as well as fame.

The power of recognition gives you the power to set the agenda.