Quotes About Connections

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

I've had the privilege of being a part of many different circles that have included some very powerful and influential people of all different races and genders.

I don't go out with random people.

There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance.

The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them.

You really have to prove yourself and prove your worth. I didn't come from family that had been here for generations and had all these connections.

Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell.

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

I've met Bill Clinton, Obama a couple of times... I certainly didn't meet George Bush, and wouldn't want to.

The people who run the giant companies and the government are all part of the same crowd.

I have a lot of friends, and it's not necessary that if I go out for lunch or dinner with someone, they have to be my girlfriend; or that I'm committed to them.

For me, it is not about being a part of a hit or a flop. Films are about friends, learning, and experiences. Certain films give me happiness.

I only know a few people who I call friends and a few who've given me the respect, like Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Aamir Khan and Mani Ratnam.

I'm just going to go out there, pop on my leather gloves, and constantly make connections outside the Octagon, and that will make me bigger in the Octagon.

My life has been charmed in the sense that I've met some extraordinary people. But at the end of the day, when you go home and you go to bed, and if you're on your own, you never think of yourself in that way. I'm sure not even people like Angelina Jolie think like that.

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

I have been blessed to have managed to make many good friends in the industry over the years. There are a few who are your best friends and you do have soul-friends too.

My time at City and at Bolton was wonderful. I met a lot of good people at both clubs.

I left in Liverpool a lot of friends. I have a very good relationship with all of them.

At the end of the day, the wins are the wins and the losses are the losses. But the relationships are everything.

Paul Ryan hasn't lacked for a job since he left college as the golden child of Wisconsin Republican politics, riding his family connections into a job with then-Senator Bob Kasten.

Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.

I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person.