If someone can't behave with their colleagues and can't be part of the culture, it doesn't matter how good they are at what they do; they have to be asked to leave.
Bob Diamond
Related If someone doesn't know their Old Testament, they don't know right doctrine, right correctio... RANDALL TERRY It can be hard to say if someone has a deliberate intent to defraud or if they are just really, real... VICTORIA STRAUSS Books understand me, but humans don't understand me. They are bad friends books are forever as well ... DEYTH BANGER It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it d... RICHARD P. FEYNMAN If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere. TAYLOR CALDWELL You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they hav... DANIEL GREENBERG There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when th... LZ GRANDERSON I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identifie... PAUL MERTON They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it. JAMES C. DOBSON Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are. BARRY BONDS If you're an actor in your heart, no matter how much money they shove at you, it doesn't mat... CHRIS NOTH It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don... GARY NEVILLE It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don'... REBECCA HALL Everybody always talks about how they can't wait until they turn 18, so they can go out on their... CARLY SCHROEDER All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they ar... PARK CHAN-WOOK Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good r... STEPHEN CHOW I can't remember how to cry. SHERMAN ALEXIE Your children can be around you all day, but if you don't spend quality time with them and you d... BRANDY NORWOOD No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It do... JIM VALVANO There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can'... OCTAVIA SPENCER It doesn't matter are you good with the dice, you die. It really doesn't matter what are you doing e... DEYTH BANGER If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good ... THE WEEKND All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and dir... MIKE NICHOLS It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can ... DAISY FUENTES The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS I don't want anyone to feel they can't achieve their ambitions if they are dyslexic. MOLLIE KING Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter. ROGER EBERT Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person ... ALICE WALKER When someone says to you, 'Oh, I don't take a good picture,' what they mean is they have... MARTIN PARR It doesn't matter how big the set is or how florid the music is: if it doesn't touch people&... DOUGLAS HODGE You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if... SERJ TANKIAN The idea that everyone should slavishly work so they do something inefficiently so they keep their j... LARRY PAGE So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't... ADAM LEVINE It doesn't matter what age you are. You can look sexy and feel great, and that doesn't have ... CAROL ALT Mountains are like the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who anyone is or what they do. JIMMY CHIN I had a real good thing going for me, and I got sidetracked. It doesn't have to be that way. It ... KEN CAMINITI In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ... VERONICA ROTH Nothing that's forced can ever be right, if it doesn't come naturally, leave it. AL STEWART A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to;... WALTER KIRN Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it do... ALISON DOODY It doesn't matter about money and fame and whatever. I really don't care about that. My thin... ATTICUS SHAFFER No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And... WILLIAM BERNBACH You know what they say: 'Why sit at a table that doesn't have key lime pie on it if you don&... SLOANE CROSLEY You don't really know who you're going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They... KIRSTEN DUNST We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn'... GABRIELLE UNION You are a victim of your own neural architecture which doesn't permit you to imagine anything ou... LEONARD SUSSKIND If I read a part and think I can connect to it, that I can touch people with it, I will do it, no ma... GERALDINE PAGE The problem with fine art is that in most cases people have to make a special excursion to go and lo... BRIAN ENO The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. T... DAVID HUNT I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them wha... SCOTT IAN Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up li... LARRY HOLMES They'll see it. And it doesn't matter if they don't. It's only Rock 'n' Roll... MARILYN MANSON Realizing that they can't get their agenda across: against religious liberty, against a culture ... ROD PARSLEY To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't some... ELI BROAD If you fall in love with someone, it doesn't matter who they are. I've had lots of girlfrien... MAX BEESLEY The government can't create jobs; they'll destroy jobs trying to do it. The government doesn... PETER SCHIFF You can't tell young people what to do. You can't tell 'em because they'll look at y... RONNIE JAMES DIO Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: ... MARTIN REES If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? VINCE LOMBARDI I want people who have received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C to know that they didn't just receive... MELODY BEATTIE I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you ... JACK DEE The French press can be very harsh, and the one thing they can't bear is multi-tasking. They des... LOU DOILLON Holiday Inn comes in at the bottom of the market, but they can't go upmarket except if they emul... CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN Holiday Inn comes in at the bottom of the market, but they can't go upmarket except if they emul... CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be i... KEVIN COSTNER The culture is about moving to a place where tobacco and smoking isn't part of normal life: peop... ANDREW LANSLEY I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they... CHRISTINE GREGOIRE I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of t... ESTER DEAN I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think ... MAGGIE Q They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who does... BOBBY SANDS Just because a romantic relationship ends doesn't mean that the other facets of your relationshi... CHRIS MARTIN They don't always use dwarfs, unfortunately. They shouldn't be allowed to do that! How dare ... KENNY BAKER I do a lot of referendums. They can't talk back. They don't have wives. They don't have ... ROGER STONE People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don'... PENELOPE WILTON A journalist asked this to my father. He spent a day with me and interviewing my friends/colleagues ... CHRISTOPHER POOLE I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren'... JULIE CHRISTIE The realization is dawning that government doesn't work. In Silicon Valley, they already get thi... RAND PAUL Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part... KARA SWISHER I don't think Estonians ever really hated Russians. It was more, 'Leave us alone.' We ca... CARMEN KASS It doesn't seem to matter how often vaccines are proved safe or supplements are shown to offer n... MICHAEL SPECTER No matter whether you're an Olympic swimmer or you're someone who doesn't like to swim, ... SUMMER SANDERS What we don't know can't hurt us. JOHN SCALZI A romantic is someone who believes that something is valuable even if it doesn't last. And a non... SEBASTIAN FAULKS You can't tell someone they are wrong about their own life. DANNY BOYLE The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn&... PETER O'TOOLE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a n... CHANNING TATUM I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why... MA YING-JEOU So many designers only sketch and leave pattern-making to others. Pattern-making is important so you... TADASHI SHOJI We'll have to marshal our forces in Washington. It won't be easy. That doesn't mean it c... ZEV YAROSLAVSKY Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave. ALEXIS ARGUELLO We've got to start worrying about America. And if we don't start dealing with the debt we ha... MARLIN STUTZMAN I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just ... CARMELO ANTHONY To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive. SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately... DENIS LEARY The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. ... TOM COBURN People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I cou... KATY PERRY Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international ref... ALAN LEWIS But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE Compassion and mercy are important, period. It doesn't matter who's at our receiving end, bu... RORY FREEDMAN
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