Mike D Quotes

Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.

I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that's why I became involved in management, bottom line.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.

If you've given away a sense of your own destiny, you need enormous amounts of hierarchy and protection within the structure to make up for what you've given away.

Your report! 'Tis my report. It is no report at all until I have accepted it.

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

There is one thing, too apt to be forgotten, which it much behooves us to remember: In the Colonies, as everywhere else in this world, the vital point is not who decides, but what is decided on!

I do not decide who plays.

I'm not someone who wants to be second-guessed at all.

Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door.

I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.