David LaChapelle Quotes

What happens when two people talk? That is really the basic question here, because, that's the basic context in which all persuasion takes place.

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

I think I'm realizing I've always been able to move people, just getting people to talk.

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

What I'd really like to control is not machines, but people.

People are both more willing and less willing to talk to you when you're a writer.

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

When you got a chance to speak out about something, I feel like you should, and a lot of people will follow you around the country.

At Accenture, we are visibile, and I feel when you are visible - when people are watching you - you need to speak up.

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.

I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out

From my perspective, you get up every day and you get out there and you make your case, and you reach as many people as possible.

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

That's how it is: some people are content to wait till you ask, while others jump right in with the whole story.

How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?

I love to sing, and I love to talk to people at meet-and-greets.

If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.

I've always been someone who likes to talk to people. When I was a little kid, I sought out freaks and weirdos that wandered the streets by where I worked in high school. I would just bring them in and talk to them.

Usually what happens is somebody grabs me and they always pull me off to the side. Nobody ever does it publically. They say, "I didn't want to be here." Or, "I don't usually like people like you." Or, "I didn't believe the things you actually talked about would work. I'm here to tell you that you converted me." That happens a lot.

It is always chilling, in friendly intercourse, to say you have no opinion to give.

If I had the ability to influence people all over the world just by speaking or writing, one of my objectives would be find out how America became special and then tell everybody.

Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.

We yearn for frictionless, technological solutions. But people talking to people is still the way norms and standards change.

Power only tires those who don't exercise it.