Lara Dutta Quotes

If you're likable, people will like you.

My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all cultures and walks of life. He rarely observed social formalities and niceties - something he has passed on to his boys.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human being that ever lived.

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

If someone is genuine, compassionate and kind, that is a turn-on. A sense of humor is a huge turn on, and that goes hand in hand with intelligence.

I think that turning on the charm without being fake is really important.

Because I grew up with women, I have a certain amount of charm, and I'm all right to get on with, kind enough, funny enough, blah blah blah.

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy.

I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.

Karl Malden was a good friend of mine, and he said, 'You draw the people to you,' and I guess that's what I do.

I just give off this kind of feminine vibe which has... served me so well with women in my life.

It is better to be likable than to be talented.

What is really important for a woman, you know, even more than being beautiful or intelligent, is to be entertaining.

There's nothing more mundane than sitting across from a celebrity in a sterile gray conference room. But when the star sitting across from you is Taraji Penda Henson, you are being treated to a master class in the art of the hustle.

I was brought up by my father to think that the best thing in life was to be charming, to have a nice smile, always to be liked.

I have almost invariably found that charm is used as a substitute for intelligence in persons of both sexes. Thus, I have always been and will remain wary of it.

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.

I don't know how to make people like me. Cinna, how do you make people like you?

If sophistication is a matter of being in control of our primary reactions, we may now be sophisticated. At least we shall be fairly confident of ourselves and may, with any luck, be confident of others. Our object will be to enjoy our selves. But to make sure that our names are permanently on the cast list, it will be advisable to be of interest to others. This aim must never be confused with the desire to be popular.

Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

Charm is the next best asset after looks and brains - and can almost make up for looks.

We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.