Emily Post Quotes

I do a lot of schmoozing.

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

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it.

Meanwhile, the empty forms of social behavior survive inappropriately in business situations. We all know that when a business sends its customers 'friendly reminders,' it really means business.

One of the biggest mistakes women make in business is that they aren't friendly enough.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.

The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.

It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.

I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill.

I'm very good at meeting people, very outgoing.

I can gab with pretty much anyone.

I need people - theatrics and schmoozing and storytelling are part of my talent.

Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.

I'm pretty good with not being afraid to just go up to people and introduce myself.

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.

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.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

At home, we're listening to TV or playing with our computers, so our entertaining is rusting. We don't know how to be good hosts and guests in business situations.

If I don't have any other strength, I'm pretty good at building relationships.