Quotes About Professionalism

Our fight is a fundamental fight against both of the old corrupt party machines, for both are under the dominion of the plunder league of the professional politicians who are controlled and sustained by the great beneficiaries of privilege and reaction.

Mr. Roosevelt has gathered around him a body of public servants who are nowhere surpassed, I question whether they are anywhere equaled, for efficiency, self-sacrifice, and an absolute devotion to their country's interests. Many of them are poor men, without private means, who have voluntarily abandoned high professional ambitions and turned their backs on the rewards of business to serve their country on salaries that are not merely inadequate, but indecently so.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

My locker is a business place. I keep my locker really neat, which I think is different than most people.

I don't go to a lot of other directors' sets; directors don't come to mine. Directors are all very cordial with each other, but they're not necessarily friendly.

For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.

Needless to say, I don't want a woman working for me who's waiting for me to shoot myself in the foot.

I am not an actor who enjoys negative comments on other heroes.

As a whole, when it comes to business in general, whether it's buying a building or contract negotiations or whatever it is, you have to take emotions out of it. That's what people forget.

Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?

Growing up, I was always adamant that I would never do 'Home and Away' or 'Neighbours,' because as an actor you want to set your path as that serious kind of actor.

I have never experienced any nepotism or groupism in my career.

Unless you are a lawyer or Fortune 500 CEO, carrying a briefcase is, well, nerdy.

Throughout my career, especially the second half of my career, I was always nerdy or anal when it came to how I prepared for my matches.

Nothing gets on other people's nerves at the office more than a whistler. And the sad part is, these whistlers don't know they're doing it. Someone should, tactfully, tell the whistler how much it disrupts the office environment.

I don't get nervous anymore. The first couple times I met Roger Federer, or Grigor Dimitrov, I was a little nervous. But now, it's more natural.

I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.

I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.

My role, or anyone's role in network news, is to make the person on camera look good. You don't do that, you don't work there.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

Networking doesn't have to be all about talking shop over appetizers and bad chardonnay - do it in a way that works for you.

Networking, of course, is great, but the best way to network is to do work.

A+E Networks has been my home for over a decade. I am so proud of these brands and my A+E colleagues who are truly the best in the business.

I'll never forget how I started off and I'll never talk down about 'Hollyoaks'. Leaving was a business move for me, rather than a personal decision.