James Taylor Quotes

Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!

I am always thinking that some interesting possibility, some accidental synergy, could occur in a collaboration, and people seem to like it.

Her success is my success.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested.

We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.

Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion.

We've got to move beyond the idea that the public and private sectors are at odds. Government has to lay the groundwork for private equity to productively invest in things like education. It's a partnership, not a battle.

Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful.

My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.

The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea of a good contract is a transaction which is good for both parties to it..

All societies are formed by the concurrence or union of the wills of several persons, with a view of acquiring some advantage.

That’s the trick in any negotiation. Getting to yes means getting the other party satisfied that its interest are being met sufficiently…. You both got to get something out of it that your prepared to fight for at home.

The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

To me, it's like, what's good for me is good for Cheap Trick... and what's good for Rick is good for Cheap Trick, and so on... and that's the thing.

If you have a good thing going behind the scenes, you'll have a good thing going on-screen.

If I can positively affect the team, then it also works for myself. That's really my mindset.

If you are good to people, they reciprocate with good behaviour.

When the team does well we all do well.

You always try to make your teammates better. You help out your teammates, and they help you out in return. As they get better and better, they can help you more and more. At least, I've always seen it that way.

Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2.

Shawn Michaels really helped me a lot. We helped each other. It was a good partnership.

I have an amazing partnership with Red Bull.