Carl Olson Quotes

There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research.

I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend.

I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.

There is never going to be a substitute for face-to-face communication, but we have seen since the alphabet, to the telephone and now the Internet, that whenever people find a new way to communicate, they will flock to it.

Many believe effective networking is done face-to-face, building a rapport with someone by looking at them in the eye, leading to a solid connection and foundational trust.

I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk. Too often, at regular book signings, I meet readers who have traveled six or eight hours to see me, and I'm unable to spend more than a few short minutes chatting with them as I sign books.

A guy that's really serious about you, he's gotta be talking to you, he's gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That's how we are.

It's great, the number of people that I'm reaching through the Internet - I've done some wonderful interviews - but I miss touching the bodies. I miss shaking hands, looking into people's faces and saying, 'Hello, how are you doing? Thank you for playing my music.'

The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits.

There's something different about looking someone in the eyes and doing something dishonest to doing it over the phone or screen.

I have interviewed face-to-face, sitting beside me, over 19,000 people.

I always do my interviews face to face.

Mail is quick. Telegraph is quicker. Telephone is instantaneous.

There is in essence no difference between a sealed letter and a telephone call.

It's been proven with consistency. The only way to win [municipal elections] is to walk. You have to like going out and pressing the flesh and placing yourself at risk.

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

There is enormous value in face to face interaction.

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.

Now, I'm a pretty fast and avid reader. But you can't learn the same things in a book or on the Internet that you can in a personal talk with somebody.

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

I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I think when you meet someone and talk to them, then you get the real thing and that's what you can use. That's the material you can actually put on the page.

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

People en masse have lost the ability to go out there and meet people in real life.

I stay away from online dating. Interacting with the person right in front of you is a much easier way to talk.

I do believe that any conflict has a better chance of being resolved if two people can come face to face.