Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I favor putting the responsibility for the dispensing of patronage squarely on the organizations [parties]. Let the organizations be held strictly accountable for the endorsements. After the appointment is made the appointee ought to fit the job, so that the appointing power can rest assured that the work entrusted to him will be done right.

Friends recommend one another for jobs

Not one man recommended by me has yet been appointed to any thing, little or big, except a few who had no opposition.

I beg to present to your attention the case of Mr. Samuel Allen, a great friend of ours [The Democrats], who is in great need of a small appointment under your department for which he has applied. He would be very content with something for a time of not very high rank …. His is an entirely reliable man, and I should be personally glad if you could help him.

I've had friends of mine hire people that I know well or that have worked for me, and I haven't gotten the call to do a reference check. That's almost the most basic thing one can do to assess them.

Just put the best person into the job.

I accept a character purely based on its merits and not on any other criteria.

If somebody were more passionate about Redfin, how would she not be more qualified to have my job than I am? Like, that's the thing I have to be the best at.

It's a good thing to remember that hiring will get easier as you scale - but you should also never drop your standards.

It's really hard to judge people until you see what they do with the job.

We don't get offered roles because of who we are but because of what we delivered in the past.

But generally I think I'm a good judge of character - you have to be as a DJ to read the crowds and understand their vibes. You can use that to suss out a lot of people.

It's up to people to judge whether I'm a good fella.

Just as crises can provide a test of anyone's character, they do so especially with presidents.

I don't have a gender thesis. I am truly optimizing for the right person for the task, whether that means running a company or working on my team.

I usually hire people who have very exemplary work experience. Where they went to school, or what degree they have, really has no play into the hiring decision.

If people can spot talent rather than the talent having to come to us, then I think you might find that the quality of stuff goes up.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.

I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character

Economists and financial analysts are not like steelworkers or people in other occupations. They don't get evaluated based on their performance. They can mess up every day of the week through their whole careers, and this would be just fine, as long as they messed up in the same way as their peers.

Few great men could pass personnel.

If we don’t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we’re stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by our actions.

I would never accept the recommendation of the theological faculty.

One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.