“Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.” StatesFactsUsePoliticalSocialLeaderHonestSecurityFiguresJudgingCitizensDataBeing HonestSocial SecurityPolitical LeadersForthcoming Author:Grace Napolitano
“Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him - a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib... The Bible calls that leader the Antichrist. And it seems apparent that the world is now ready to make his acquaintance.” WorldSeemsLeaderFiguresReadyAcquaintanceMessiahCharismaticAntichrist Author:Hal Lindsey
“As with Randall Terry and other anti-abortion leaders, women simply did not figure into [Roeder's] equations. If all the abortion providers were dead, the problem would be solved, and he'd never have to think about those who sought to end their pregnancies through illegal or dangerous means.” IfsThinkingMeanEndsProblemWould BeLeaderDangerousFiguresAbortionIllegalPregnancyEquationsProvidersAnti Abortion Author:Stephen Singular
“Now that the midterm elections are over, President Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to a meeting at the White House tomorrow. When asked if he's nervous, Obama said, 'Oh, I'm not going to be there. I just invited them over. They can figure it out themselves.'” IfsSaidHousePresidentWhitePartyLeaderFiguresTomorrowElectionMeetingsNervousWhite HousePresident ObamaInvitedMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I admire leaders in science, people who really figure things out like Richard Fineman or people who work on vaccines, tons of people working on [the] HIV vaccine. There's leaders in business, people like Warren Buffett, who've got a certain approach they take that are pretty amazing. There [are] product innovators like Steve Jobs was, where he gets behind a concept and does a fantastic job.” PeopleDoeJobsCertainBehindsLeaderFiguresProductsApproachConceptsAdmireFantasticHivVaccinesInnovatorsBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Bill Gates
“Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the priest or whoever the religious leader is. And that's what surprises me, that some people who find a huge value in these kinds of systems also seem to enjoy ILLUSIONS. I can't figure it out.” PeopleBelieveKindI CanSeemsValuesEnjoyReligiousLeaderFiguresHugeIllusionConnectionsSurprisePriestsHierarchySurprise MeReligious Leaders Author:Richard Bach
“Gandhi was such an important figure to the pacifists of the '30s, and he was such an extraordinary embodiment of nonviolence, that I thought it was necessary to have him in there. When he would say something about the war, it was to some extent news - and he was sure to have a response that was different from that of other world leaders.” WorldImportantDifferentWarLeaderFiguresNewsResponseExtraordinaryNonviolenceOther WorldsEmbodimentPacifistWorld Leader Author:Nicholson Baker
“To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.” PeopleGivingLeaderFiguresAdvantageTasksStreaksManipulative Book:It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf Source: It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf
“A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.” DoneHelpingJobsLeaderFiguresSucceedHelping OthersThings Done Author:Simon Sinek
“President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations and bring us together. And he hasn't done that, he's made decisions that I think have inflamed racial tensions that have divided us rather than bringing us together.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeDoneTogetherPresidentDecisionRaceLeaderFiguresRelationChosenTensionDividedPresident ObamaCould Have BeenRace RelationsUnifyingRacial Tension Author:Ted Cruz
“Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.” PeopleTryingLeaderFiguresStrategyObsessedEmpoweringBest Leader Author:Craig Groeschel
“Why are some people like Chuck Schumer, who`s probably going to be leader of the Senate, why is he switching from a big city financial center pro-trader to being an anti-trader? Is that because of upstate New York? What`s going on? I can`t figure this out.” PeopleI CanBigsCitiesLeaderFiguresNew YorkFinancialSenateChuckTradersBig CitiesSwitchingUpstate New York Author:Chris Matthews
“The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.” Has BeensSpiritualForceVoiceLeaderMoralGrowingFiguresSaintPopeHistoricChorusJohn PaulSpiritual LeaderJohn Paul Ii Author:Chris Matthews
“I think one of the beauties so far of the so-called Spirit of Seattle is there aren't any leaders, pop stars, or guru figures that everyone else is falling in line with and following. No [Nelson] Mandela, Havel, or Subcomandante Ski Mask riding in on a white horse and everybody else just wanting to follow them to the promised land. We're stitching it together and doing it ourselves.” ThinkingTogetherSpiritFallStarsLinesWhiteLeaderLandFiguresHorseFollowingPopsMaskRidingGuruSeattleSkisNelsonPop StarsPromised LandWhite Horse Author:Jello Biafra