Bob Greene Quotes

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

I'm a people person. That's my bread and butter.

The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate.

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

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

I always have a ping-pong table in the studio. If you're with an artist and you notice the situation is going south a little bit, it's like, 'You wanna play ping-pong or foosball?' Or, 'You wanna go grab somethin' to eat?' And then you just like talk to them and relax them and get them comfortable and get yourself comfortable.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.

I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about.

I like working with people. I like talking to people.

I'm a people person.

I enjoy the company and interaction of people at work.

Working with different people anyway is like life and meeting different people... as long as you can be empathetic, you can take a bit of them on and see what you can do to help their process. That said, my relationship with Woody Allen was trying to hang on his every word so that I could tell everybody what he said afterwards. But certainly, he was a very good example of somebody who you didn't hear talk above a very low volume for the entire time he was on-set.

The best way to know people is to work with them.

Connecting is vital for any person who wants to achieve success. It is essential for anyone who wants to build great relationships. You will only be able to reach your potential-regar dless of your profession or chosen path-when you learn to connect with other people.

You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.

Your ability to get along well with others will determine your happiness and success as much as any other factor.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person.

From the time that I was a child, I loved interacting with people. I would go around door-to-door and sell candies and gift-wrapping paper, and it was a great way to interact with people and communicate with people.

I love working closely with people.