Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

Remember what Lyndon Johnson said about J. Edgar Hoover? I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in.

Doesn't ability to do the job come into the equation? Of course not, you fool, said Jimmy. This is politics.

Edgar Hoover? I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in.

Doesn't ability to do the job come into the equation?' 'Of course not, you fool,' said Jimmy. 'This is politics.

That's Harris all over—so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people.

So ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people.

It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.

To make an Army work you have to have every man in it fitted into a fear ladder... The Army functions best when you're frightened of the man above you, and contemptuous of your subordinates.

Business is boss, politics is servant.

We all learn submission because we all have 'bosses', whether we're presidents of companies or not. The easiest place to learn it is in family.

There is practically no area of business where the difference between rhetoric and actuality is greater than in the handling of people.

The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of who the talking head is.

If you have managers reporting to managers in a startup, you will fail. Once you get beyond startup, if you have managers reporting to managers, you will create politics.

In business, everyone has a different weight.

An entrepreneur is someone who is the king of his business one day and its slave the next.

To be a leader you need a lot of people dumb enough to follow.

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk tomorrow's senior partner.

John McCain said that Sarah Palin is still a force in the Republican Party. Then he got in his car and backed over his mailbox.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Strong decision makers often put somebody they trust into the number two spot as their adviser—and in that position the person is outstanding. But in the number one spot, the same person fails. He or she knows what the decision should be but cannot accept the responsibility of actually making it.

Concept of the Corporation.

Captain Skyler thinks Councilor Layton is always trying to divide people so he can control them, but Councilor Layton says that Captain Skyler wants to keep everybody in one place so he can control them. It's an argument I'm not sure I understand.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom,'" Massingill quoted. "'A republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.' I don't remember the source.

Assad is not the greatest ally to have.