Marc Almond Quotes

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

Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.

A dinner lubricates business.

The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

Relationships are personal, even in business, so sharing some of yourself and taking an interest in others helps to build trust and break down walls.

One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

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.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

Our friends have nothing to do with the business. Some of our closest friends in Florida are not stars.

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

When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.

I don't set out to be connected. My business has allowed me to meet lots of interesting people, some of whom have become friends; but you can't force it. This terrible word - 'networking' - I really hate.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.

Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business.

You've got to build a relationship. You can't just deal with people when it's business. If it is, then you always have to assume that they have an angle when they come at you.

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.

One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with people are surprisingly old-school. Social media tools can improve the odds of a serendipitous encounter at SXSW, but old-fashioned hustle, palm-pressing and - above all - creativity go a long way.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.

Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.

Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal.

Networking is working.

People are doing too much e-mail. The basic thing is eyeball-to-eyeball. Business relationships are made to be personal. The more people get away from it, the more they are going to lose that personal relationship. That's what I learned - to develop personal relationships with people.