Harold S. Geneen Quotes
It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
Quotes to Explore
-
I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
-
The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
-
I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
-
Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
-
My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
-
The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
-
I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
-
I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
-
It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
-
I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
-
Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
-
A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
-
I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
-
Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
-
There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
-
Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
-
I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
-
I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
-
I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
-
Those who will repent and forsake sin will find that His merciful arm is outstretched still. Those who listen to and heed His words and the words of His chosen servants will find peace and understanding even in the midst of great heartache and sorrow. The result of His sacrifice is to free us from the effects of sin, that all may have guilt erased and feel hope.
-
I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.
-
You always want to make sure that you're not the weak link. You're surrounded by really talented, great actors and singers, so just staying on your game is the main thing.
-
It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
