Harold S. Geneen Quotes

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

Harold S. Geneen

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• In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.

  

  Natalie Jeremijenko
  • You
  • Wish
  • Animals

• I love films that show people in a way that's so real it's almost unsettling, and that's what really inspires me because I write about people. I write about people that I know, so I want to portray them and portray myself in a way that is unapologetic.

  

  Halsey
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• A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • Help
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• IBM isn't investing billions of dollars every year into research and development - and winning more patents than our top 10 competitors combined for more than a decade - as an academic exercise. But research is now being driven much more by what people need rather than just by what is possible.

  

  Samuel J. Palmisano
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• As far as people whose style interests me, I'd say Grace Kelly, Gwen, Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, and that nanny called Fran.

  

  Iggy Azalea
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• Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.

  

  Lamar Odom
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• People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.

  

  Gayle Forman
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  • Love
  • Reading

• I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • People
  • Music
  • Country

• The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
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• I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
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• Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.

  

  Bai Ling
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• Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
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• You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

  

  Kanye West
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• I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.

  

  Irwin Rose
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• People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • People
  • Young
  • Opportunities

• When you have girl children they torture you!

  

  Pat Benatar
  • Children
  • Girl
  • You

• I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.

  

  Jack Brickhouse
  • You
  • Integrity
  • Accuracy

• People want to know where I'm going, and I just don't ever know.

  

  Quavo Migos
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• I never turn on the crowd. Sometimes, you think it's a terrible show, and then afterward, sometimes people say they really liked it. So turning on the crowd is only going to alienate the few people who might like it. What do I do in that situation? Get through it.

  

  John Mulaney
  • People

• But when investing money, keep, I beg of you, Hastings, strictly to the conservative.

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Money

• The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes.

  

  Emily Mortimer
  • Shoes

• I was in charge of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So I had some of the most brilliant mathematical statistical minds in the country, who would put together the modern technology, if you like, of understanding the economy and tracking it and trying to influence it.

  

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  • Country
  • Trying
  • Together

• I bought Jayne Mansfield's mansion in L.A. after her death. I had met her in England and remembered her perfume. When I moved in, I could smell her, and I saw her apparition.

  

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Death
  • England
  • Perfume

• I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
  • People
  • Believe
  • You