[Dalton] Trumbo himself was a terrible Communist.
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building to great peaks, sometimes falling to crumbled lumps.
Better a good decision quickly than the best decision too late.
When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. My philosophy is to stay as close as possible to what's happening. If I can't solve something, how the hell can I expect my managers to.
What you manage in business is people
National pride is the culmination of a lifetime public relations campaign of psychological mind-control techniques.
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
Those who never make mistakes lose a great many chances to learn something
If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and hurting another human being, because you’ll be feeling what they’re feeling. If you’re separated, it’s not a hard thing to do at all.