Quotes About Leadership

Probably the smartest president we've had in terms of I.Q. in the last 50 years was Jimmy Carter, and I think he is the worst president of the last 50 years.

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Even the kids who seem to have a lot of freedom, their lives are pretty controlled. So what I try to do on my shows is to have kids come out on top. They're the smartest ones in the room. They're the ones in charge.

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.

I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met.

Putin is very - not the smartest guy in the world.

My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.

At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room.

The ones who are the smartest are the ones who use us. In other words, they understand the relationship between the press and leaders.

Hart Hanson is one of the coolest, smartest producers I've ever worked for. He's very open to ideas, he says no when he should, he says yes when it would work for the show.

I get to play a lot of powerful, smartest women in the room. And that's deeply satisfying.

At the Facebook engineering level are some of the smartest people I've ever worked with.

For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country.

Some of the people at Ripple I think are truly the smartest people I've ever worked with in my career, which makes it a lot of fun to go to work every day.

We have some of the smartest businessmen in India, who have created huge wealth.

No one did more singlehandedly to smash the BNP in Britain than me.

I've been asked about the glass ceiling a lot, and I don't think of myself as some kind of crusader going around smashing glass. I don't feel like I had to - and that is a very, very strong flag showing the people around me made it, so I didn't have to.

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

Leadership is not a quantitative thing. People either smell it in you, or they don't.

When the best manager in the world says you're one of his favourite players, you act like it's nothing, but you still can't help but have a smile on your lips.

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

I'm going to be someone who smiles and brings joy to the locker room and to the field.

Gigi is an extrovert. He's always smiling and there are no airs and graces about him. He's always a role model for his team-mates, both young and old alike.