Quotes About Presentation

You can't underestimate the importance of cover art.

Everybody has to put purees underneath everything now. It's like people think we need the steak, and then we need some baby food with it.

It was inevitable that in doing this I should arrive at new results, and it is perhaps understandable that in the end I have felt impelled to present these results not only in the dry form of a catalogue, but also in a more connected and personal one.

When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

Out of fifty mathematical papers presented in brief at such a meeting, it is a rare mathematician indeed who really understands what more than half a dozen are about.

I think there's something so funny about Ram Dass. I was lucky enough to sit across from him at dinner once, and I got up the courage to tell him that he was my favorite comedian. Even though he's not a comic, he talks about showbiz in a certain way and understands that there's a presentation to it.

The importance of a tan and a haircut cannot be understated.

Buyers look at everything. They open every drawer. They open every cabinet door. So make sure your underwear is folded nicely.

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.

I present classics in an unfamiliar way or unfamiliar ingredients and preparations in a classical way.

Unfortunately, the greatest photographers don't pay extreme attention to the clothes. If they decide to put a dress in a bathtub or in front of a cow in the countryside with dirt everywhere, well, the dresses come back... ready to be put in the garbage.

Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.

Every person is bound to make the first impression with the help of words

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

Maybe back in the day you didn't need to be the greatest looking to be on TV and you didn't need to speak the best, but in this day and age, I think you need to be the package. You need to look the part for your sponsors, you need to be able to speak the part for the media and to big CEOs.

Rush has never been a spontaneous group. We may be spontaneous in our writing, we may be spontaneous as individuals in our day to day lives... certainly I think am and always have been, but I think when it comes to Rush and our presentation of our music it's quite controlled.

One needs to be gregarious and spontaneous to be a good anchor. I am working on that.

It's true that once a year I travel to Comic-Con... but there I can quickly lower the lights; I can show them the clips, introduce a few stars. And the spotlight is quickly off me.

If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good.

I always try to shine the spotlight on what's happening on the field and not what's coming out of my mouth.

Hygiene is important. You gotta smell good. So ladies, please spray some perfume. Hair gotta be done. You gotta look nice.

You have to know how to use your hair spray.

I'm showing some of my sculptures in Holland in the spring, so we'll see.

As you move through the application process, keep refining the way you present yourself. Like any skill, you'll only get better with practice, and you'll only hurt yourself if you get discouraged too early. This is one race that's definitely a marathon, not a sprint.