Professional Etiquette Quotes

It's so funny because when you're working with an acquaintance or someone else, you're being more polite. I find that I'm a little bit more of a brat when I'm in the studio with my dad, so I feel bad.

Try not to offend someone who writes a weekly column.

In any interview, you do say more or less than you mean.

Generally, I think what guys do is they get your number, because if I interview you on my show we can exchange information and I don't have a problem with that. But I think sometimes people are nervous to say things to me because they don't know if I'll blow them up on the air.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

When sharing your ideas, overconfidence is a killer. You don't want your male coworkers to think you're getting all uppity. Instead, downplay your ideas as just 'thinking out loud,' 'throwing something out there,' or sharing something 'dumb,' 'random,' or 'crazy.'

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

The hierarchy plays out in the writers room, and you, as a staff writer, need to know your place.

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

I knew as an assistant coach it wasn't my place to overstep the head coach.

I'm not really good at asking people questions in interviews. I just try to have fun, to talk.

I'm not the one to always follow professional protocol - but I do know what it is, even at 24 years old.

Knowing when and where to sit is something every young executive should learn. A junior person who comes barging into a room and takes any seat he wants catches the disapproving eye of senior management.

There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.

Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.

One trouble: to be a professional anything in the United States is to think of oneself as an expert and one's ideas as semisacred, and to treat others in a certain way - professionally.

I'm constantly struggling in interviews to engage and finish sentences, because I am being asked personal questions from somebody I don't know.

It is possible to tell things by a handshake. I like the "looking in the eye" syndrome. It conveys interest. I like the firm, though not bone crushing shake. The bone crusher is trying too hard to "macho it." The clammy or diffident handshake - fairly or unfairly - get me off to a bad start with a person.

Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away.

Never shake hands with colleagues in court; the customers think you're making deals.

When I go to hotels, sometimes I find waiters and people who do not address me as 'Mr.' or address me as a normal guest would have been addressed, simply because my name is Maddy. I find that slightly offending, but I don't react to it thinking that maybe the name is so casual that people think it's a buddy that you are talking to.

I don't recommend that people speak their minds to their bosses or to somebody who's directly over them. You need to know when to speak your mind and what the penalty will be for doing so. Sometimes it's worth it, and often it's not!

When you have to write a letter, you're automatically put into a state of composure and a kind of formality. You can't help it. So, no, I never once got a letter where someone just popped off at me.

Your principal motive on a movie set is to get the film made, but on a Woody Allen set, there's an ulterior thing that goes on, which is, 'Did you have a conversation with Woody? How friendly have you been with him? Am I liked by him?'