Tommy Mottola Quotes

#1. When I am convinced of any principle, it is only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence.

David Hume

#2. There are no more heroes in America. Because of the Internet, heroism has become momentary and within seconds someone who we should be thinking about will be replaced in people's minds with news that Beyonce lip-synched at the inauguration.

Tommy Mottola

#3. I've always viewed myself as a behind-the-scenes person rather than in front of the camera.

Tommy Mottola

#4. When I'm hiring someone I look for magic and a spark. Little things that intuitively give me a gut feeling that this person will go to the ends of the earth to accomplish the task at hand.

Tommy Mottola

#5. Everything I've ever done in my life has been a fluke.

Willard Scott

#6. Everything starts and ends with the song, and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.

Tommy Mottola

#7. We have created a world we don't like, don't understand and don't trust, and we are too frightened to try to change it.

James Rozoff

#8. It's really only all about music. It's not like a big rocket scientist kind of philosophy or anything.

Tommy Mottola

#9. Over 95% of the designers who have ever lived are alive today. Together, we have the power to define what professionalism in the communications industry will be about: helping increase market share or helping repair the World.

David Berman

#10. When you look at the number of nuclear power plants in China and India, we can't afford not to pursue similar alternative energy sources. If we do not, it would do immense harm to the manufacturing industry in the Midwest.

Bob Latta

#11. Meditation has been an anchor throughout my life - it helps me feel balance, connected and at peace.

Mallika Chopra

#12. A brief silence followed, during which the reality of my present situation crashed over me.

I was alone. I was alone with Cletus Winston. I was alone with Cletus Winston and no one knew where I was.

Oh. Shit.

Penny Reid

#13. I had the chance to work with Michael Jackson who was as brilliant as they come.

Tommy Mottola

#14. Any vehicle that conveys great songs and the ability to perform them, whether it's 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys or One Direction, is all good.

Tommy Mottola

#15. Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to the lines.

Tommy Mottola

#16. They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.

Daniel Wallace

#17. I have little children, 5 1/2 and 1 1/2, and I thought I should document my life, because by the time they're in the mid-20s, they'll be able to say, 'This is what he did.'

Tommy Mottola

#18. Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance.

Gerrit Smith

#19. Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I'm about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It's a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It's the biggest factor in everything I do.

Tommy Mottola