John Guare Quotes

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduced himself to somebody and they said, 'Oh, do you know Ben Elliot? I'd really like to meet him.' I remember him ringing me up, really annoyed.

Don't ever break someone's trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business.

I work in a strange business, and 'trust' is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.

Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.

This is the Speaker for the Dead? Judging someone by appearances?" "Maybe I've fallen in love with Grego." "You've always been a sucker for people who pee on you.

Distrust that man who tells you to distrust.

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never be fooled. It's not as cynical as it sounds; it's just that people always say something for a reason-maybe a nice reason, maybe a devious reason-so on that level, you can't take things at face value.

I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.

That is the way with people ... If they do you wrong, they invent a bad name for you, a good name for their acts and then destroy you in the name of virtue.

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.

Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you thought they were going to do... which is screw you over.

Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.