Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

When I first agreed to do 'Shark Tank,' they asked me to wear a suit, and I was just like, 'No. I can't. It'll end my career.'

If you don't take your clothes seriously, why should your viewers take you seriously?

For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously.

If you don't look good, we don't look good.

There's a certain amount of absurdity to the idea that having extremely crisp clothes is what's going to get you through the door. And there's a certain sad reality to it, too.

It's better to look important than sexy.

The perception in Silicon Valley is that if you dress well, you couldn't possibly be smart, or you're in P.R. but couldn't possibly run a company. I remember briefly attempting the Adidas and jeans and sweatshirt over T-shirt look, but I realized I was trying to dress like a young tech geek, and that just wasn't me.

I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.

I've never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that's not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone's image is as an artist is what they've chosen to portray.

It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.

I don't believe you can buy or sell 'cool.'

When you see all the suits in the room, everybody in the room has on suits, you know, the women, too. We're not wearing dresses and chiffon and we're not as fun as we used to be.

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

It's tempting to think, 'This is silly. I'm an artist. I care about my work, my work is first. I don't care about what kind of dress I wear... That's so secondary to me.' But if you care about your work... then you need to take this part of it just as seriously as you would going into an audition and going into work.

It's kinda all about image.

You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.

It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't make sense.

It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.

Image has become everything.

Be a hypocrite if you like, but don't talk like one.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Appearances do matter.

A leader has to “appear” consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent

It is impossible to be taken seriously in shorts. No one has ever cared about anything said by a man in shorts.