Simon Sinek Quotes

It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.

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• I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Inspiration
  • Movies
  • Video

• Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.

  

  Damian Marley
  • People
  • Music
  • Done

• I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Time
  • Strong
  • Passion

• God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.

  

  Camille Pissarro
  • God
  • Children
  • Care

• The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.

  

  Oliver North
  • Up
  • Today
  • Phones

• Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • People
  • Nature
  • Beautiful

• I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers are going against each other, and it's more of a bragging, boasting thing.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Music
  • Different
  • Remember

• Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.

  

  Dale Dauten
  • Life
  • Money
  • Job

• People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.

  

  Nate Silver
  • People
  • Heart
  • Desire

• There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Life
  • Wish
  • Dumb

• Power tends to get confused with repression.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Power
  • Confused
  • Repression

• You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.'

  

  Irina Shayk
  • People
  • You
  • Fashion

• A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

  

  Oliver Herford
  • Money
  • Hope
  • Man

• Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.

  

  Adam Braun
  • World
  • Education
  • Alone

• The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Culture
  • Growth

• Clarice: To most people, it's obvious that the Whitewater allegations and the sexual harassment suit are politically motivated. And everyone else is too jaded to care if Bill fucks his cat.Raffi: Fucks!Toni: Do you want the honor of recording that under 'Baby's first word,' or shall I?

  

  Alison Bechdel
  • People
  • Baby
  • Honor

• Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.

  

  Jason Alexander

• Going on safari in South Africa was hardcore but a lot of fun - though my friend Maura was absolutely freaking out about all the bugs in her hair and having to pee in the sand.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Fun
  • Friend
  • Hair

• I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Best

• The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Innovation

• By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
  • Pop
  • Catchy
  • Like It

• America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • America
  • Fate
  • Become

• I've never met a size zero person. Is Paris Hilton a size zero? I've met her. She looked very thin, but she looked very healthy. She had beautiful skin.

  

  Marie Helvin
  • She
  • Beautiful
  • Paris

• It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.

  

  Simon Sinek
  • People
  • Player
  • Leader