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David Ogilvy Quotes

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

David Ogilvy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: english
Birth: June 23, 1911 - July 21, 1999

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People Better You Routine Look Aim

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

Jennie Finch

Yourself Shine Lost Try Others Get

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

John Osborne

Architecture Building Old Hard Clap

I didn't get into fitness until my late twenties. I had put on a lot of weight; I was quite chubby and feeling really depressed. But exercise helped everything - the body and the mind.

Robert Rinder

Fitness Mind Exercise Body Late Get

It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.

John Poindexter

You Information Flow Would Ideal

I'd done a big movie that I wasn't happy with, and I was moving out of London when I got approached about Barton Fink, because my agent said the brothers were in London. We hit it off immediately, and suddenly I found myself on the way to America!

Roger Deakins

Myself Happy Moving America Done

I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing.

Rupert Everett

Age I Am You Panic Thing Am

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

Martine McCutcheon

Love Day Yourself Think End Acting

I've gone the full spectrum - from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop - and the public has accepted what I've done through it all. I think it means I've been doing something right at the right time.

Lou Rawls

Time Soul Think Doing Done Jazz

I just want to play until I think I don't feel good - and if I can still do it. If I can't do it, I don't think I'll keep going once I don't feel I'm playing the way I want to.

Logan Mankins

Good Keep Going Feel Good Think Feel

My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless.

Jay London

Boss Me Butt Him Get Gear

Conversations with sisters can spark extremes of anger or extremes of love. Everything said between sisters carries meaning not only from what was just said but from all the conversations that came before - and 'before' can span a lifetime. The layers of meaning combine profound connection with equally profound competition.

Deborah Tannen

Love Anger Competition Spark Meaning

I feel I need to have people outside of show business who keep me grounded and define who I am.

Debra Stephenson

Business I Am People Me Feel Need