Hugh Shelton Quotes

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

What's wrong with being elitist if you are trying to encourage people to join the elite rather than being exclusive?

I am a perfectionist, and I set high standards.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

That was the big secret. Walt would do things over and over again, with no regard to money, to get things perfect.

Not everyone can come and post on Forbes; it's a very distinguishing factor for us. We vet the folks who come on board.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

Nobody is offered a World Cup.

I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.

Perfectionist? That's not something I am.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Philosophy is for the few.

I'm a perfectionist - I could rewrite forever.

Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.

My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

Our democracy may have an aristocracy of talent, as Jefferson said – which is fine – but we don’t want everyone else to be left out. Something like that seems to be happening, though.

It is a privileged school with beautiful buildings in a beautiful setting. But the only justification for privilege is that it should help people develop themselves to the full. We are elitist, but not exclusive. And I'm not in ashamed in the least of being elitist. All that means is aiming at the highest standards you can achieve.

It is about attention to detail and then the minutest detail on top of that. I am an owner, and yet I'll argue about the sign on the wall.

When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.

I don't try to be difficult. I just care so much about these albums that I get crazed sometimes when I'm making them.

A perfectionist? That's part of my job.

I don't want to be elitist.

In the end, we don't believe in launching any type of product if it isn't perfect in our eyes.