Power & Leadership Sayings

I'm not a follower. I'm a leader.

I'm not a big fan of talking about my personal life.

I'm a big fan of silence. I think silence is very powerful.

I've never been interested in making a movie that everybody likes. I'm interested in making movies that I like.

I was a very shy kid. I was always in my own head. I was always making up characters and doing voices.

I never guess. It is a shocking habit—destructive to the logical faculty.

If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.

I am not looking for a free pass. I am not looking for a pardon. I am not looking for asylum. I am looking for a just process.

We are a tool to make the powerful accountable.

I'm not afraid to speak truth to power.

My ambition is not of the kind which aims at power.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role.

The whole world is looking at us. We must not disappoint them.

The lure of the unknown is too strong to resist.

And you must know that in this kingdom of Bengal, there are many eunuchs. For the king is a great connoisseur of these, and has them in great numbers.

The king has sent me, and I must obey.

We must thoroughly establish the monolithic leadership system of the party.

I am not against the internet, but I want to control what my people see.

We do hereby declare the bridge between Oakland and San Francisco to be built, and command the necessary funds to be raised.