Kim Basinger Quotes

Publishing is a business of relationships. The relationships you make at one house can carry over to another.

I have a great agency! It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you.

I think that's the problem, when you're a young filmmaker and you're starting out, you don't know people, you're easily lead, you don't know the right people to talk to, you really need guides.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

I learned so much from the people in Seattle. They taught me everything from community to business relationships.

Everybody who's been successful has gotten lots of help and input from many, many people.

Honestly, my secret is I pick really, really good people around me.

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.

It's great to have girlfriends who are in the industry, that you know have your back.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked personally many years with people like Crosby and Sinatra, so of course that was a great ground school for me.

I mean, I've always said I have an amazing team and network of friends and people that I work with that, you know, inspire me and enable me to do what I do.

Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.

The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let ego get in the way. Many people helped me along the way. You've got to remember the people who were loyal to you, and don't forget them when you become successful.

With Twitter and other social networking tools, you can get a lot of advice from great people. I learn more from Twitter than any survey or discussion with a big company.

Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good.

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.

The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.

You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.

I learned that you can be successful if you get people to help you become successful.

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.