Walter Isaacson Quotes

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

I am in control at all times.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.

The key to winning, as always, was looking as if you had every right, nay, duty to be where you were. It helped if you could also suggest in every line of your body that no one else had any rights to be doing anything, anywhere, whatsoever.

Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

I like someone who can take the reins, who knows what they want and is strong with me.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

I've always had this strong sense that I know best.

Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness.

None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

I certainly direct with confidence even if I'm not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked, and it's not always a terrible thing to do. A lot of times if people feel you're confident, then they're confident.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

I feel in complete control in every situation.

If you can fool every single member of the audience into thinking you're confident and you deserve to be there, everyone will jump on your side.

No way can you ever, ever, ever evidence confusion, concern, lack of understanding. You have to be in charge. You are the guy. You have to be cooler than cool, smarter than smart.

I'm the top dog.

When you're in control, when confidence is high, everything moves slower around you.

I'm a leader.

When I speak everyone listens and that gives me pleasure - even Zlatan, who has got a strong personality. When I talk he listens to me and I explain why he has got to do this or that.