Jeffrey Skoll Quotes

Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you.

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown.

Connections and relationships are important everywhere, anywhere - of course in China, because the rule of law it is not as strong as in the West, so a lot would rely on personal relationships.

I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other.

A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.

Connecting the dots is connecting people.

I've always liked the idea of walking into a cocktail party where there are different people and finding some connection with almost everybody in the room.

Encourage people to mingle, meet, and communicate.

In country radio, everybody has such a connection and a bond. So you've got to meet them.

In my industry who you know is very important.

Saying hello doesn't have an ROI. It's about building relationships.

When you connect with people, they want to help you.

Meeting people is difficult, period. LA is a difficult place to meet people anyway, and Hollywood is such a small community. But I don't make it a rule just to date other actors and people in the entertainment industry. It could work out with me and a dentist. It could work out with me and a lawyer.

Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

You've got to develop relationships. You can't do things just in a formal context.

I really like people and I keep friendships. I have people from all parts of my life.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are.

In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.

You can never have too many friends.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.