John Naisbitt Quotes

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

John Naisbitt

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I was a total music nerd. I grew up on Perry Street in the '80s. My father wrote books about jazz, so I was always at the 'Village Vanguard.'

Andrew Wyatt

FatherMusicVillageStreetJazzUp

My childhood was completely dominated by Bill Clinton and the OJ trial. I don't think we had a family dinner where one didn't come up.

John Mulaney

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For a really relaxing time, you want to go to a place where the work ethic hasn't taken hold, where the culture hasn't been taken over by the western values of constant striving.

Tom Hodgkinson

WorkTimeCultureWork EthicYouGo

If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.

Ritchie Blackmore

LookingKnowingOverOutGetClumsy

But charity is a very complicated thing. It's important to find an area where you can really help and you can feel the results. Charity is not like feeding pigeons in the square. It is a process that requires professional management.

Roman Abramovich

ManagementProcessCharityHelpYou

I could be less impatient with people. I sometimes judge by impressions.

Michelle Paver

PeopleJudgeSometimesImpressions

There've been moments where I just was tired of being in L.A. It was very difficult. I mean, you're constantly rejected. And that's OK, it's just really frustrating for me, because I try to read scripts and projects that have really great, deeper, meaningful qualities to them.

Missy Peregrym

GreatTiredMeMomentsYouTry

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.

Dizzy Dean

WindowYouKnowWhyOutHead

People don't buy from clowns.

Claude C. Hopkins

PeopleBuyClowns

Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural resources.

Winnie Byanyima

ForestLossWealthDownResources

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.

Susan Sontag

BestPeopleSocietyPotentialMad

The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.

Nina Blackwood

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