Jerry Weintraub Quotes

Respect isn't enough. You've got to have a proprietary interest.

If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.

I often say that it's only people who have their skin in the business who'll work towards its success.

I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about.

Decisions are made by those who show up.

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.

If nothing is at risk, nothing is established.

If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass.

Restaurants are like having children: it's fun to make them, maybe, but then you have them for good and bad. You are going to have to raise them and if something goes wrong when they are 30 years old, they will still be your little boy.

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.

When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.

I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life.

When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.

You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it.

If we do our job right, then we have everything to stand on. If we don't do our job, we have everything to lose on.

You are committed to what you confess.

Absolute authority will be delegated. Full responsibility will be assumed. Those who succeed will receive advancement and satisfaction of desire. Those who fail will die.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

I define leadership as: Emotionally, you own your business. You own it with passion. And you either have or you don't have an economic investment. But when you have all three of those, you are the boss from Day One, and you care every single day more than anyone.

If you don't show up, you lose.