"Pretend to be completely in control and people……" — Walter Isaacson

"Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are."

— Walter Isaacson

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84 Quotes by Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson has 84 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish…
Asked about the fact that Apple's iTunes software for Windows computers was extremely popular, Jobs joked, 'It's like giving a…
More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the…
I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.
Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?
In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to…
I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom…
I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least…
I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents'…
I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just…
We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks, so we have to carve out our own niche, and…
Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward…

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;… — Marcus Aurelius
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way… — Michele Bachmann
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume… — Amy Adams
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they… — Dave Barry
Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship. — Dave Barry
Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important… — Melissa Bean
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.… — Theodore Bikel
All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting… — Tony Abbott
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let… — Buzz Aldrin

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