Peter Marino Quotes

Making music is an emotional thing. And when you're on a video shoot with 50 people there, you have to somehow, in a non-emotional way, say what you want and not feel guilty for it. And that takes growing up and that takes... not caring how people perceive you as much. And it just takes experience, I think.

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

Madeleine Albright, when you see her, she's not a beautiful woman and she's getting older. But you're saying that woman has gravitas. She knows what she's talking about.

The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.

I tell people what to do, and so what? I am more qualified than the other board members, so my advice means more.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway.

I know how to lead.

I'm very tough. Come to a council meeting, and you'll see it.

I certainly have the energy, and there's probably nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me.

Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director.

When I get to the White House, there will be no hesitation from me to make the tough decisions that need to be made because I've been doing it for the last 13 years as a former federal prosecutor and now as the governor of New Jersey.

We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too much.

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear.

You shall more command with years than with your weapons.

The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.

I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.

It's certainly what I like best about getting older. You're not up for grabs for criticism anymore. You make a decision, it's made, it's fine, you don't have to go back and rework it. You don't have to apologize.

You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved.