“I'm not in the business of satisfying everybody. I'm in the business of trying to satisfy the people who elected me governor.” PeopleTryingSatisfyingGovernors Author:Chris Christie
“I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d'etre behind it that I feel is important then that's the best for me.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingI CanImportantStoriesInterestingBehindsEntertainingRaison D'etre Author:Norman Jewison
“It's easy for people to be characterized in public life based upon their personality, and I have a very direct, blunt personality. And I understand why some people would then characterize that, especially people who don't like you, as bullying, but it's not that.” PeopleEasyLike YouPersonalityDirectBullyingPublic LifeBlunt Author:Chris Christie
“There are times when people that you put in those positions make mistakes, they disappoint you, you lose their - you lose your confidence in them, or they lie to you. And when you find that out, the test of leadership is what do you do?” PeopleLyingLosesMistakePositionTestsMaking MistakesDisappoint Author:Chris Christie
“A leader has the capacity of vision, the ability to see where things are headed before people in general see those things.” PeopleAbilityLeaderVisionCapacityAbility To See Author:Mitt Romney
“I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.” PeopleThinkingCoursesVisionSettingSettingsDescribing Author:Barack Obama
“Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a quality that's underrated. Being able to plough through, being able to stay buoyant in the face of challenges.” LooksAbleFacesPresidentChallengesQualityOne ThingAdmirePersistenceUnderrated Author:Barack Obama
“I pray. Prayer is a time to connect with the divine, but also time, I'm sure, to concentrate one's thoughts, to meditate, and to imagine what might be.” MightPrayerImagineDivinePrayingI Pray Author:Mitt Romney
“We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.” CultureSportsFootballBasketballBaseballGolfWinterTennis Author:Michael Wilbon
“There's very little money and very little freedom in doing it [webshows] for a major corporation. Doing things independantly is and always will be better I think, due to the recalcitrance of stubborn network hands.” ThinkingLittlesHandsMajorsDuesCorporationsStubbornLittle Money Author:Michael Cera