Who is fit to be elected?' asked Napoleon. 'A Caesar, an Alexander only comes along once a century, so that election must be a matter of chance.


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I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like g...
SIMON COWELL
My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'
SIMON COWELL
I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
SIMON COWELL
The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed a...
SIMON COWELL
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
SIMON COWELL
I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL
You are a saucy little thing aren't you?
SIMON COWELL
Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL
I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL
The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL
I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL
I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
SIMON COWELL
You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
SIMON COWELL
Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL
You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
SIMON COWELL
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL
I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looki...
SIMON COWELL
People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.
SIMON COWELL
The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
SIMON SINEK
Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aft...
SIMON MAINWARING
The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
SIMON SINEK
One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. ...
SIMON SINEK
Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
SIMON SINEK
Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
SIMON SINEK
Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery...
SIMON MCBURNEY
Memorable occasions should be brief, and so should be the expressions of appreciation.
SIMON KUZNETS
When, over fifty years ago, I first became interested in economics - as a discipline that provided t...
SIMON KUZNETS
With the rather stable ratio of labor force to total population, a high rate of increase in per capi...
SIMON KUZNETS
I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my fath...
SIMON KUZNETS
Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in i...
SIMON KUZNETS
It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom ...
SIMON KUZNETS
War and peace type products... cannot be added into a national product total until the differences i...
SIMON KUZNETS