Simon Sinek Quotes

I put messages out there that start with why and they talk about what I believe. They go on to demonstrate and give examples. If it resonates with others, those with whom it resonates will share it with their friends and say, "This inspired me. You should watch it. You should read this."

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• I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Why
  • Like
  • Always

• Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Up
  • Why
  • Death

• The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Success
  • Always
  • Policy

• And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

  

  Sam Donaldson
  • School
  • Society
  • Military

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • Magic
  • Actor
  • Favorite

• The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
  • Always
  • Actions
  • Brainy

• It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Me
  • Play
  • Album

• Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and that's what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.

  

  Rajneesh
  • God
  • Creating
  • Escape

• Music is not free to make. Studios are going under because people now work at laptops. Quantity over quality is what begins to happen; the idea of what quality is has changed.

  

  Usher
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• Scientists care deeply about their place in that culture, and their contribution to it.

  

  Haldan Keffer Hartline
  • Culture
  • Care
  • Contribution

• You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Things
  • Place
  • Able

• I love the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy - all of the otherworldly creatures, magic, and possibilities that transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while - it's such delicious fun!

  

  Wendy Higgins
  • Love
  • Fun
  • Reality

• Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Work
  • Success
  • Achieve

• A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • May

• That day in Moscow, it will all come true, when, for the last time, I take my leave, And hasten to the heights that I have longed for, Leaving my shadow still to be with you.

  

  Anna Akhmatova
  • Time
  • True
  • Leaving

• When we do well, we do the best comedy on TV. That's not ego; that's just the way it is.

  

  Lorne Michaels
  • Comedy
  • Ego

• Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People

• I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I understand why. He was a man who possibly did some really bad things, and he should be punished beyond a doubt. But that show, and the impact it had not just on black culture, but culture, was amazing.

  

  Kenya Barris
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Bad

• Think of every character as a main character. They believe they're the main characters in their stories. No one should just be an obstacle.

  

  Ben Edlund
  • Believe
  • Character
  • Stories

• I won't lie to you and make you believe what's evil, is making love, and making friends, and meeting God your own way... the RIGHT way.

  

  Phil Anselmo Pantera
  • God
  • Believe
  • Friends

• I get more tired by travelling than anything.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Tired
  • More
  • Travelling

• The Germans should be the first to sympathize with us [Egyptians]. They know how difficult it is to build a democracy following a dictatorship, and they were the first to be critical of Morsi's anti-democratic policies.

  

  Mohamed ElBaradei
  • Democracy
  • Policy
  • Critical

• I put messages out there that start with why and they talk about what I believe. They go on to demonstrate and give examples. If it resonates with others, those with whom it resonates will share it with their friends and say, "This inspired me. You should watch it. You should read this."

  

  Simon Sinek
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