Business Etiquette Quotes

With whom is one supposed to do business in this country?

My internship with Oberoi hotels and later working with the ITC group in Jaipur helped me get a better exposure; I got to meet expatriates and get acquainted with people from different parts of the country.

I did almost every job in the bank. It was real life, waking up in the morning, putting on a suit and tie and then having to go to work.

I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.

I don't do interviews without a collared shirt.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

I have been thought to have been a secretary when I entered a room.

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.

If you're trying to get ahead in the corporate world, appearing smart in meetings should be your top priority. This can be hard if you find yourself daydreaming about Mexico, margaritas or queso cheese dip.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

So, there's like one luxury you take and since we do that, y'know, you're involved with people in suits; business people all the time. But hey, if I sit down on a bar and they leave, good for me.

Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

I am actually extremely casual in certain environments. But one of the reasons I like living in London, I like the formality of it, as compared to the formality of America - or informality. I like putting on a suit. I like putting on a tie.

Quite frankly, I am not very comfortable in chitchat. When I go to board meetings, I arrive two minutes before and leave when it's over. I don't stay for lunch or go early and have coffee.

A lot of the companies I work with, they're not returning my calls or emails on weekends. So weekends are weekends for Ultimate.

I certainly like working in Germany.

A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone won’t listen to what you have to say because you’re not wearing a tie, then put on a tie, ’cause what you have to say is more important than not wearing a tie. He was right.

Wearing a suit can seem like a somewhat archaic gesture, a concession to formality in a determinedly casual age.

A suit is a sign of respect.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

When people pitch me their ideas in a T-shirt and jeans it shows they can't be bothered.

I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

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 called my managers, and they were like, 'What is Tijuana Jackson?'