Quotes About Connections

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way.

As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.

The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics.

Sometimes funerals can be good. It reunites you with your cousins you haven't seen in a while.

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.

I've got a lot of good friends - the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets - both owners are friends of mine.

Being in Portland is cool. I have some good friends here and the general feeling might be a little more welcoming.

Behind every good woman lies a trail of men.

I went from working with Will Smith to working with Will Smith's wife. So the Smiths have been very good to me.

Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!

I have jobs that I've preferred more than others simply because I've gotten to meet and make friends with great people. I've pulled at least one very close friend from every project I've done.

At every stage of my career, I sought out the most influential people around me and asked for their help and guidance.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

All business is personal...Make your friends before you need them.

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

It's very true that an artist who networks well will have better opportunities than one who doesn't network well. But great networking skills without great art won't change art history.

In its Greek origins, historia meant inquiry, and from Thucydides onwards, the past has been studied to understand its connections with the present.

I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.

Human faces are such a world!

The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.

It's not who you know, it's who you sleep with.

Networking is not about hunting. It is about farming. It's about cultivating relationships. Don't engage in 'premature solicitation'. You'll be a better networker if you remember that.