Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

I feel truly blessed to be one of the many black women who are leading ladies on television. ”

When I was little, I used to listen to Lauryn Hill, so that's that hip-hop and R&B influence in me. ”

I don't subscribe to the idea that the founders or anyone else were somehow better than us and that we have to live up to their example. ”

You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare. ”

The techniques of being an Internet visionary are just like those of lower-tech fortunetellers through the ages. A technological visionary must tell people what they want to hear, because your company's stock won't rise if you spout an unpopular vision to analysts. ”

Philip Roth has been a huge influence on me. The early books I read in my teens and twenties. ”

We make every one of our users sign a pledge when they sign up that they will not discriminate, that they will not exhibit hatred. Whenever we become aware of such an example, they're permanently banned. ”

When we founded Airbnb in 2008, our dream was to help create a world where you could belong anywhere, and that vision has taken root in almost every country in the world. ”

You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force. ”

I think the biggest thing that I have to do is to remind people that poetry is there for us to turn to not only to remind us that we're not alone - for example, if we are grieving the loss of someone - but also to help us celebrate our joys. That's why so many people I know who've gotten married will have a poem read at the wedding. ”