Set The Tone Quotes

#1. Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.'

Chris Bosh

#2. You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.

Stanley Gault

#3. I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's happening in the industry. And I take that seriously.

Eric Church

#4. Here, in a few words, you've said all you need to say. People stand by each other, but they don't talk. It's remarkable. I've investigated the extraordinary history of these walls. I think I'm the only person who knows that it's the stones, the stones alone that set the tone here.

Jacques Yonnet

#5. I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him.

Dan Trachtenberg

#6. As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

Colin Powell

#7. You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

Todd Phillips

#8. The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

Charles Colson

#9. As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility.

Jenna Fischer

#10. When you open the box of an iPhone or iPad, we want that tactile experience to set the tone for how you perceive the product.

Walter Isaacson

#11. Of preparing for defeat, prepare for victory. Prepare for increase. Prepare for God's favor. You have to set the tone at the start of each day.

Joel Osteen

#12. It is often the parishioners, the men and women in the pews, who set the tone.

Andrew Pettegree

#13. Our culture's tolerance wears thin when religion intrudes on the public discourse ... Our schools, courtrooms, and libraries set the tone for the entire society. The message they currently communicate is harsh and unambiguous: religion is offensive and should be kept out of public view.

Ralph E. Reed Jr.

#14. If we as Christians with a faithful witness would set the example, not by way of reaction but by way of reasoned empathy, we might set the tone for more shalom in our world.

Scot McKnight

#15. We never had a billionaire brand in music; the closest thing we had was Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson sold 750 million records. I think we're gonna set the tone for other youngsters to make more money and see that a billion dollars can be accomplished.

Birdman

#16. If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

Joel Osteen

#17. I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost.

Jose Gonzalez

#18. It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that.

Nicole Richie

#19. From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would
be.

Jamie A. Hughes

#20. I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

Eddie Van Halen

#21. I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority.

David Longstreth

#22. England was always very special. It was so important because the reason Benny and I started writing was the Beatles. During the Sixties, England was everything. To be number one in England was more important than being number one in America because England set the tone.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

#23. Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.

Gloria Feldt

#24. No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.

Ferdinand Marcos

#25. I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

John Legend

#26. Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.

Solange Knowles

#27. The Kerry campaign was a difficult one to be involved with, it is a real juggling act to set the tone and pace of these things accurately.

Jennifer Granholm

#28. Set the tone for your day be treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success.

John C. Maxwell

#29. Whether we are 'Freudians' or not, as I am not, we are surely all post-Freudian. He set the tone for vast changes in our culture

Rollo May

#30. I think it's important for me to play well and set the tone.

Annika Sorenstam

#31. People will wake up in the dark and pad to their kitchen needing strength, and the reassurance that something delightful is about to happen - and hoping that this small chore of making coffee might set the tone for a day filled with difficult, wonderful things.

James Freeman

#32. The love a boy receives from his mother will set the tone for his future relationships.

Vicki Courtney

#33. You can't beat your own expectations. The latter set the tone, and shape who you've become, and who you would end up becoming...

Assegid Habtewold

#34. When you host a show you have to hopefully be funny at the top and set the tone for a really fun evening.

Amy Poehler

#35. The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition.

Nelson Mandela

#36. I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

Sarah Gadon

#37. It is a very small minority point of view and I think, through continuing to set the tone of tolerance, acceptance, and diversity, you just have to further marginalize such people. Hopefully one day nobody will think that way.

Helen Clark

#38. I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons.

Susan Wojcicki

#39. When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination.

Nina Jacobson

#40. Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning

Jeff Van Gundy

#41. Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.

Adam Kinzinger

#42. I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.

Max Winkler

#43. When you're a lead role, I'm learning that you set a tone for the movie in a way, like a director does, or like other actors do. But it seems like you set a mood on set.

Kit Harington

#44. Doctor Who is like any long-running series in that the cast tend to look to the star to set the general tone. Rehearsals and filming could be a lot of fun.

Sarah Sutton

#45. I think the president can set a tone and say we're not divided by gender, age, race. We're all Americans and want the same things. We want the best things for our kids. We want the rules to be fair. If they work hard, get a great education, they should be able to join the middle class.

Bobby Jindal

#46. I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.

Nancy Pelosi

#47. Rather than assume that the wealthy are a monolithic, selfish and unfeeling lot who must be subjugated by the force of the state, set a tone that encourages people of good will to meet in the middle.

Leon G. Cooperman

#48. If people wake up and go, "Oh, where's the coffee," or "Oh, another day," that does not set a good tone for the day.

Louise Hay

#49. When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm.

Christine Vachon

#50. Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

John Sununu

#51. I'm not sure why he's flustered until I realize there are now five of us and the table is set for four.
Pru waves her hand dismissively. "Don't bother. The dark-haired one is just my bodyguard. He can stand."
Kiernan seems entirely unfazed by the comment, but her tone pisses me off.

Rysa Walker

#52. For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on White Collar over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.

Matt Bomer

#53. There is something only a CEO uniquely can do, which is set that tone, which can then capture the soul of the collective.

Satya Nadella

#54. If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do.

Leonardo DiCaprio

#55. When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the tone and feel of things. I try to create a place where you feel that anything's possible.

Harmony Korine

#56. When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. In the book, it's great when she can push a button and food comes up, as per your order.

Nina Jacobson

#57. How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive?

John Steinbeck

#58. We have great power to affect the attitudes and behavior of the people around us, at work and at home. We have the power to set a tone of honor, to create an energy around ourselves that says, 'I respect myself. I respect you. Let's respect each other.'

Marianne Williamson

#59. The Board must set a tone for digital leadership.

Pearl Zhu