Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood. ”

As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. ”

If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things. ”

I don't think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not a corporate vision or a watered-down communal one? ”

When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision. ”

Traits acquired during one's lifetime - muscles built up in the gym, for example - cannot be passed on to the next generation. Now with technology, as it happens, we might indeed be able to transfer some of our acquired traits on to our selected offspring by genetic engineering. ”

I'm not optimistic for my country. I don't see how we're ever going to project our influence and our standing and our power outside the E.U. Britain's voice is going to diminish, I'm afraid. ”

There's something to be said for CEOs' entering politics: In theory, they have management expertise and financial savvy. Then again, it didn't work so well with Dick Cheney. ”

Saudi Arabia inflames the Sunni-Shiite divide and sets a pernicious example of intolerance by banning churches. ”

Saudi Arabia has supported Wahhabi madrasas in poor countries in Africa and Asia, exporting extremism and intolerance. Saudi Arabia also exports instability with its brutal war in Yemen, intended to check what it sees as Iranian influence. ”