Sergei Lavrov Quotes

I like Mr. Gorbachev; we can do business together.

When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Climbing has worked for me in a number of ways on Capitol Hill. I'm much more inclined to look at what people do, as opposed to what they say. Also, it's about working together - we're all on the rope together, and you don't get to cut the rope if you're not getting along with someone.

I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

I think what helps me is that delegations of all sizes - the small, the medium, the large, the largest - they all have seen me in action. They all have seen me unlocking blockages, unlocking impasses for several years now, and they all know that... I can bring a constructive mood to the table.

A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that.

In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.

There is no substitute for direct leader-to-leader engagement.

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

There is an intimacy and trust that is needed between leaders, between their assistants and advisers. Usually, you have the real substance behind closed doors; and the press conferences, you have niceties, nice photo ops.

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.

I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.

As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.