David Lammy Quotes

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

I feel a lot of people listen to what I have to say.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Although I have lost my gavel, I have not lost my voice. I will be heard from.

I'm privileged to occasionally stand on a table, and people listen to what I say, and in those moments, it's important to me that I have something to say and that I honor it.

I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics.

I don't necessarily think, as a person of influence, that it's always my job to influence people regarding my opinion.

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

Every time Emma Gonzalez speaks, I listen.

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

When I talk, people listen.

I have been inspired by the way that Ken Clarke has navigated parliament. I am actively looking across the House for people I really respect and warm to and can learn things from.

Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black's voice, though I realized now that this authority had always been there.

People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.

When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire - that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man - that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him.

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don’t trust you.

The space you occupy and the authority you exercise may be measured with mathematical exactness by the service you render.

I have nothing to do with Putin. I've never spoken to him. I don't know anything about him other than he will respect me.

There are people who kind of let you know that you can silence the room.

The fact that your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other.

Shall you complain who feed the world? Who clothe the world? Who house the world? Shall you complain who are the world, Of what the world may do? As from this hour You use your power, The world must follow you!

This microphone is the key to the universe. When you have this in your hands, you are the most powerful person in the whole world, let's get!.