Warren Bennis Quotes

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

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• From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked.

  

  Taliesin
  • Red
  • Leader
  • Host

• I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • World
  • Community
  • Best

• When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Long
  • You
  • Demon

• I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Game
  • Giving
  • Best

• My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.

  

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • Always
  • Perspective
  • Old

• The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Important
  • American
  • America

• Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

  

  Yoshihiko Noda
  • World
  • Energy
  • Growth

• Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Long
  • Die
  • Listen

• When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.

  

  F. W. de Klerk
  • Time
  • Long
  • War

• San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Long
  • Kind
  • Leader

• I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.

  

  Harriet Harman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Long
  • Need
  • Resources

• Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination.

  

  Karl Philipp Moritz
  • Imagination
  • View
  • Again

• We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

  

  Dan Hawkins
  • Great
  • Long
  • Career

• For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Time
  • Long
  • Career

• Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes.

  

  Young Thug
  • Long
  • Why
  • Think

• A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Long
  • Distance
  • Busy

• And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.

  

  Rafik Hariri
  • Hand
  • Government
  • See

• That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time.

  

  Johan Santana
  • Time
  • Long

• You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'

  

  David Mamet
  • Life
  • Time
  • Experience

• Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

  

  David Howell Evans U2
  • Barriers
  • Music Is
  • Communicator

• I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Think
  • Me
  • Chance

• For generations, our political life was distorted by the influence of public officials whose foremost goal was to preserve the essence, if not the form, of slavery in a segregated and discriminatory social system.

  

  Blase J. Cupich
  • Life
  • Political
  • Slavery

• The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Long
  • Perspective
  • Leader