Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

Good things come to those who initiate.

The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation starter. What goes around, comes around.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Be yourself' is good advice, unless you notice that people are always excusing themselves and moving away from you. In that case, try being someone else!

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

Make films that purify the soul with the flow of rational, vigorous and compassionate thinking.

Form delicious bonds. Be the fruit that others seek when their hearts and souls are hungry.

Be responsible. Your abilities ensure that you respond to the responsibilities that you encounter daily.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.

You must never delude yourself into thinking that you're investing when you're speculating.

In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.

Ever at Thy glowing altar Must my heart grow sick and falter, Wishing He I served were black.

Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

You can be a complainer. Or you can be an achiever. But you can't be both