173 quotes found
“History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep.”
“The thing that struck me was his intensity. Whatever he was interested in he would generally carry to an irrational extreme." Jobs had honed his trick of using stares and silences to master other p...”
“Steve's head dropped and stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for days. " Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared w...”
“Welcome to the ‘Age of Influence,’ where anyone can build an audience and effect change, advocate brands, build relationships and make a difference.”
“A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders – which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers – only through endless hours of subtle probing of reti...”
“The have influence, but no power.""In my experience, influence is power.”
“Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling," according to Amelio. " He praised the virtues and strengths as though he were describing a performance of Oliver as Macbeth.”
“In my experience, influence is power.”
“As Friedland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality”
“These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.”
“The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.”
“If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter the whole face of the earth would have been changed.”
“Thou wert my guide philosopher and friend.”
