Samir Nasri Quotes

I expect if people have had a problem with me or my attitude, then they come and take it directly with me, face to face.

What I have to say, I say face to face.

It has always seemed to me the real art in this business is not so much moving information or guidance or policy five or 10,000 miles. That is an electronic problem. The real art is to move it the last three feet in face to face conversation.

The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say, you should put it in writing. But if you had something bad to say, you should tell the person to his or her face.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.

I don’t allow my staff to criticize each other…. Evan Rosalyn … She knows that nothing can make me madder then for her to criticize staff.

Indeed, though people increasingly learn and interact online, we retain a fundamental need to engage in person.

I wanted to talk face-to-face with as many people as would see me. Some actors were so busy they could only give me an hour on the phone. But my feeling is that if you're actually in the room with them, they get comfortable and you get more.

I'm not going to tell the American president how to run America, but I think it is important that when friends are speaking to each other that they are able to be very frank in the views that are exchanged, and I certainly will be doing that.

A friendly relationship with the coach is important for each player.

Pick a co-founder that communicates in the same fashion that you do. If you are a screamer, then the only way you will ever listen to a conflicting point of view is to find someone who is passionate enough to yell back at you.

Zidane is very sincere, he talks to everyone face to face, and I think that the player thanks him for that.

If I think a guy should handle things differently, I'm going to say it.

It is important that it - sometimes there are clashes between team-mates. We need each other to tell the truth, and this is not always a positive.

We don't need a psychologist with the Dutch team; we are grown-up men. The ones who have a problem with other players or the manager should tell them face-to-face. That is the only psychology we need.

My husband doesn't text... It's always phone calls. I like that because you hear the voice the old-fashioned way.

If I have a problem with somebody, I go ahead and say what's on my mind.

I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.

If you can run around the corner and say hello to someone do that instead of emailing. It's always more rewarding; the connection is always more authentic. If you've got something to say and you can say it someone's face, it's so much better, healthier.

It's not sufficient in the internet age to communicate through the media; you have to be able to do it on the ground, door by door, coffee shop by coffee shop, shop floor by shop floor. You really have to do that as well.

Hey, Vickie, why don't you come down here and reprimand me to my face!

I'm not a big fan of that kind of stuff - of Twitter and Facebook. I just feel like I'm a very private person and I do enjoy personal interaction. It is nice to be able to talk with the fans, in person. I don't know if it's 'cause I'm just old-fashioned, but I'd rather a face-to-face conversation.

It's important to look people in the eye and have direct conversations. I actually have a rule that if an issue takes more than five sentences to explain it, don't send an email. Pick up the phone instead, because it'll take less time to resolve it.