Quotes about Culture

Leaders dramatically influence the culture of their organizations through their own work habits. Being a leader does not mean one has 'made it' and is now exempt from hard work. Rather, leaders should set the pace for others. Few things discourage employees and volunteers any more than lazy leaders. Leaders should not ask their people to undertake tasks they are unwilling to perform themselves.

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.

I come from the era when that continental stuff, the skimmed yogurt and a croissant, was a healthy start to the day.

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music.

People are friendlier in New York than London.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story may be different but emotionally we are all the same.

I have always loved travelling in autorickshaws.

When we were travelling in different countries I felt like I was jetlagged eight months of the year.

Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

Would you respect a God you could comprehend? And yet very often thatÂ's what we want - a God who reflects our culture, our biases, our economic, political, and military systems.