Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

I have better peripheral vision in my left. It is quite hard to remain optimistic, but I have found the Macular Society, of whom I've been an enthusiastic supporter for nine years, tremendously helpful in providing support. ”

I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. ”

I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. But, yeah, it's not identifying, I think it's more a part of my natural DNA that I question anybody who has a plan. Everybody's got to have an angle; that's the way I grew up. ”

Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it. ”

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but if they'd like to think that, I'd like to keep the legend alive. Maybe I was under the influence when I wrote Jesus' Son and I just didn't know it. ”

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. ”

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step. ”

For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.' ”

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time. ”

There's so much that can influence kids and young adults now, you just have to raise them the best you can and hope they make the right decisions. ”