Quotes About Engagement

I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.

Slouching or leaning back may send the wrong signals. When you sit down for a formal interview, lean forward to show interest and active listening.

When I signed up for Google Plus, it recommended 500 people for me to invite. You know, and once I invited those 500 people I got another 500 people. So it has a huge install base that it can start from.

When I got signed, I wanted to be involved in a charity, but it was hard because I didn't know which problems to start with.

I'm constantly exchanging ideas with new artists. Honestly, with Jay-Z, our only interaction was a brief hello after I signed.

I was looking to be a part of commercial cinema and that was when I signed 'Jodi.'

I signed 'Lucknow Central' because it was a story I wanted to be part of. I still stand by the fact that it was a well written, well directed film with some great performances.

You should sign a movie you want to be part of, which is why I signed 'Mubarakan.'

If you look at all the companies I've been involved with - Flickr, Etsy, Findery - communities are a significant part of them. Connecting people to each other, user-generated content, building interactions. That's what I've cared about most.

I just try to find things that either need to be done, should be done, or where I can make a difference in a significant way. And the things I've been able to participate in have been very, very exciting.

George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is significant.

With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking myself - 'This seems to be a significant problem. What can be done that hasn't been done?'

In any country when you're going to make significant commitments, you have to look the head of state of that country eyeball to eyeball and say to them, 'I'm going to make this commitment, and I'm counting on you and your commitments.'

Having even just one relationship with an online influencer can have a significant impact on your business.

At HSN, the experience we create are a significant point of differentiation.

Whether they're paying for it or not is not really relevant. They're investing a significant amount of time in our content. At some point, commercial opportunities will materialise for greater percentages of that audience.

Obviously, we have to do a far better job on keeping our community safe, and that's where I'm going to put a significant amount of input.

It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.

Apart from films I've been shooting a lot of ads and signing on with a lot of brands as their primary endorser.

I don't see the point in signing on to do something and then leaving.

I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.

It's kind of interesting when you sign on to a show because you're basically signing on to play a character because you only really see the first episode of the show.

Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.

When you sign over your music to the BBC or Channel 4, you are signing it over, and they either use it, or they don't.