Quotes about Meetings

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. Votes: 6

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. Votes: 4

Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better. Votes: 4

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings. Votes: 4

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate. Votes: 4

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.' Votes: 4

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. Votes: 4

Always Postpone Meetings with Time-wasting Morons Votes: 3

Meetings don't have to be endless to be eternal. Votes: 3

Meetings are places where dead ideas rise from their graves and eat the brains of the living. Votes: 3

Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combined with the imperative of accomplishing nothing. Votes: 3

Meetings ... are rather like cocktail parties. You don't want to go, but you're cross not to be asked. Votes: 3

Meetings that do not come off keep a character of their own. They stay as they were projected. Votes: 3

Meetings, clearly, can take place anywhere, and wouldn't it be nice to see your coworkers lounging on the grass with their shoes off? Votes: 3

A lot of meetings are held to arrange when to have meetings. ... Meetings today are usually called conferences to make them sound more significant. Votes: 3

Meetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time. Votes: 3

As for meetings, I think the President-elect [Donald Trump] should be given an opportunity to first form his administration and assume office. Meetings will come next. Votes: 3

[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings. Votes: 3

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page. Votes: 3

One of the features of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings was [that] she [ Elizabeth II] would have a meeting with each of them. You'd have an allotted time. Votes: 3

Meetings are at the heart of an effective organization, and each meeting is an opportunity to clarify issues, set new directions, sharpen focus, create alignment, and move objectives forward. Votes: 3

It's lonely to say goodbye. Very lonely. Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings"¦Meetings. Beginnings. It's not too late"¦to believe in them after the fact. Votes: 3

...a Conservative backbencher called Margaret Thatcher managed, despite front bench opposition, to get enacted her Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, which was aimed at opening up council meetings to both press and public. Votes: 3

The signs are increasing. The lights in the sky will appear red, blue, green, rapidly. Someone is coming from very far and wants to meet the people of earth. Meetings have already taken place, but those who have really seen have been silent. Votes: 3

Journeys end in lovers meeting. Votes: 2

The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts. Votes: 2

Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings. Votes: 2

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. Votes: 2

Faithful attendance at Church meetings brings blessings you can receive in no other way. Votes: 2

Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings. Votes: 2

For me, true luxury can be caviar or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule. Votes: 2

The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after. Votes: 2

Meeting your soulmate has a certain amount of meant-to-be-ness to it, AND it requires a big dose of make-it-happen-ness. Votes: 2

Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example. Votes: 2

I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know. Votes: 2

So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful. Votes: 2

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties. Votes: 2

Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Votes: 2

If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them they could perceive what they have made of us. Votes: 2

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. Votes: 2

I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples. Votes: 2

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.) Votes: 2

The travel, the amazing work I have had the chance to do, the meetings with different people are all very inspiring and give me lots of positive energy. Votes: 2

Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings. Votes: 2

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can. Votes: 2

Nature is forever arriving and forever departing, forever approaching, forever vanishing; but in her vanishings there seems to be ever the waving of a hand, in all her partings a promise of meetings farther along the road. Votes: 2

The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, world travelers and successful entrepreneurs. Their hairdos and tattoos are simply part of our culture, even when they raise eyebrows during PTA meetings. Votes: 2

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us. Votes: 2

One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one instant message can destroy your schedule, forcing you to move meetings, or blow off really important things, like love, and friendship. Votes: 2

We are visual creatures. When you doodle an image that captures the essence of an idea, you not only remember it, but you also help other people understand and act on it - which is generally the point of meetings in the first place. Votes: 2

It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens. Votes: 2

City life is stressful. Everybody is running around like crazy, stuck in traffic jams trying to make meetings, trying to make ends meet, trying to meet deadlines, trying to get kids to and from activities. There aren't enough hours in the day for all this business. Votes: 2

My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large sums to spend. So, she began buying prints and drawings. During my school days, I remember sitting in on many of the early meetings. Votes: 2

I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us. Votes: 2

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time. Votes: 2

Big meetings and big talk are not enough in a world that is hungry for change. Big action - world leaders keeping their promises, and developing countries committing resources while listening ardently to the voice of the small farmer - is needed to bring big results and prosperity to the world's poor. Votes: 2

I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together. Votes: 2

You know, when I sit in meetings and things are very tense and people take things extremely seriously and they invest a lot of their ego, I sometimes think to myself, 'Come on, you know, there's life and there's death and there is love.' And all of that ego business is nonsense compared to that. Votes: 2

I think that you may find that Tamera's a little more vibrant and energetic, but I'm much more likely to go up to a person and say, "Hi, I'm Tia, nice to meet you." Whereas Tamera is like... well... she's a little shy. She's down to earth. I'm more extroverted and she's more introverted when meeting people. Votes: 2

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life. Votes: 2

The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer. Votes: 2

When I start getting embroiled in heated debates and feeling stressed, I just turn everything off and disconnect from the world. I simply tell my colleagues and friends that I am not well and need to cancel all meetings for a day or more. I take it easy - go for a long hike, take a vacation somewhere, or just stay at home and read. Votes: 2

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn. Votes: 2

I just hate meetings. Votes: 0

Actions speak louder than meetings. Votes: 0

[O]rganized violence punctuated by committee meetings. Votes: 0

We don't have meetings unless absolutely necessary. Votes: 0

The most fervent prayer meetings are in hell. Votes: 0

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings. Votes: 0

Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. Votes: 0

I hate having people sit in on meetings. Votes: 0

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings. Votes: 0

Taking 1,000 meetings attempting to get backing to do clothing... Votes: 0

Democracy is not about protests. Democracy is about meetings. Votes: 0

Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church. Votes: 0

Tea Party members go to meetings on Medicare scooters. Votes: 0

A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings. Votes: 0

I enjoyed the meetings, too. It was like having friends. Votes: 0

In life there are meetings which seem Like a fate. Votes: 0

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings. Votes: 0

In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works. Votes: 0

My belief is that PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings. Votes: 0

Most people simply don't view going to meetings as doing work, Votes: 0

Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings. Votes: 0

A public figure cannot control what people say in open meetings. Votes: 0

From meetings and partings none can ever escape. Nor from magic. Votes: 0

At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the whole company. Votes: 0

Lenin had taken part in Jewish student meetings in Switzerland thirty-five years before. Votes: 0

The meetings can be a lot of fun or they can be frustrating. Votes: 0

Recovery is about purpose and meaning in life, not "sobriety" and meetings. Votes: 0

I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours. Votes: 0

I try to keep the meetings small, especially when we're doing product design. Votes: 0

My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage. Votes: 0

Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings. Votes: 0

We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us. Votes: 0

You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings. Votes: 0

It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories. Votes: 0

Been stuck in airports, terrorized; sent to meetings, hypnotized; overexposed, commercialized. Handle me with care. Votes: 0

These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character. Votes: 0

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings. Votes: 0

really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other. Votes: 0

I wasn't getting invited to any board meetings. I had to kick the door down. Votes: 0

If I had my life to live over, I'd have fewer meetings and more rendezvous. Votes: 0

Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings. Votes: 0

I do have a rule that very few meetings are worth more than ten minutes. Votes: 0

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies. Votes: 0

I don't like producing. It's a lot of meetings you sit through that amount to nothing. Votes: 0

A manager's ability to turn meetings into a thinking environment is probably an organization's greatest asset. Votes: 0

The meetings least attended in our churches today are the ones whose only attraction is God. Votes: 0

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. Votes: 0

I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team. Votes: 0

My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling. Votes: 0

I think there needs to be a meeting to set an agenda for more meetings about meetings. Votes: 0

God doesn't need to have emergency meetings. He's never gathered the Trinity and asked 'What happened there'. Votes: 0

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies. Votes: 0

We shall have long meetings where Kiggs agonizes and Glisselda teases him. That's the pattern so far. Votes: 0

I'm no alcoholic. I'm a drunkard. There's a difference. A drunkard doesn't like to go to meetings. Votes: 0

Synchronicities express themselves through chance meetings and natural events as well as in dreams and supernatural episodes. Votes: 0

The spirit of love arranges all meetings in divine order for the highest good of all concerned. Votes: 0

I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly. Votes: 0

I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I've been having lots of lovely auditions and meetings, so I'm savoring the moment. Votes: 0

Most people doubt online meetings can work but they somehow overlook that most in-person meetings don't work either. Votes: 0

At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work. Votes: 0

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken. Votes: 0

Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity. Votes: 0

Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting. Votes: 0

Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing. Votes: 0

Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting. Votes: 0

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings. Votes: 0

Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound them at haphazard meetings. Votes: 0

Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people's reach... Votes: 0

Many people, not just Asians, are more concerned with hustling and getting to meetings with contacts to gain success. Votes: 0

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings. Votes: 0

We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings. Votes: 0

I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast. Votes: 0

I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money. Votes: 0

The leader goes also to the less traditional networking meetings. The manager participates in networking events organized and promoted. Votes: 0

I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings. Votes: 0

I have actually had to ask my supervisors not to curse in meetings or in general in the workplace. Votes: 0

The difference between a drunk and a alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings. Votes: 0

I don't want to say anything about my kids...but I go to PTA meetings under an assumed name! Votes: 0

We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done. Votes: 0

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living. Votes: 0

Most business meetings involve one party elaborately suppressing a wish to shout at the other: 'just give us the money'. Votes: 0

When I have meetings scheduled so tight that I can't go to the loo, that's where I draw the line! Votes: 0

If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table. Votes: 0

People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up. Votes: 0

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true. Votes: 0

I want to hold a series of meetings all over the country and get the facts before the American people Votes: 0

I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one. Votes: 0

I wonder how many of our tombstones will have to be inscribed with the epitaph 'Died of too many meetings'? Votes: 0

Don't have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve. Votes: 0

No one should ever be ashamed of going to meetings. It's healthy, it's therapeutic and it's the right way to live. Votes: 0

Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcasm - by chief executives. Votes: 0

Writers are notorious for using any reason to keep from working: over-researching, retyping, going to meetings, waxing the floors - anything. Votes: 0

I was in them million dollar meetings, he was cheatin. All up in the church, he was sneakin wit the deacon. Votes: 0

Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned. Votes: 0

The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor. Votes: 0

Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish. Votes: 0

I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet. Votes: 0

Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers. Votes: 0

I'd be happy to have regular face-to-face meetings at Downing Street with David Cameron to argue the case for alternative economic policies. Votes: 0

At most project meetings, everyone has a seat at the table except the poor victims who will have to operate the technology. Votes: 0

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am. Votes: 0

Ah me! the world is full of meetings such as this,--a thrill, a voiceless challenge and reply, and sudden partings after! Votes: 0

So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents. Votes: 0

You win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month. I had a lot of meetings. Votes: 0

There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings. Votes: 0

Real entrepreneurs do what they say they're going to do, wannabes ask about it and have tons and tons of coffee meetings. Votes: 0

When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?' Votes: 0

We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants. Votes: 0

Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas, Votes: 0

John Brennan has been the mastermind of the drone program. He's the one who'd convene the terror Tuesday meetings at the White House. Votes: 0

I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity. Votes: 0

Explain to me, if you will, why alcoholism is a disease but can only be treated by attending little spiritual meetings in basements. Votes: 0

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding. Votes: 0

Many people have been able to get pitch meetings by just cold calling, especially the smaller networks and especially with the reality shows. Votes: 0

But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out. Votes: 0

The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings. Votes: 0

I'm sick of these congress meetings. There no reason to meet again. As you know, if there's a congress, I usually win it. Votes: 0

The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale scholar. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.' Votes: 0

I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them. Votes: 0

What does it say about our churches today that God birthed the church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are almost extinct? Votes: 0

I can never say a line someone else has given me, which is why script meetings on TV shows always go terribly for me. Votes: 0

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team. Votes: 0

The test is the sixty seconds of every minute, and the sixty minutes of every hour, not our times of prayer and devotional meetings. Votes: 0

The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning. Votes: 0

I particularly value conversations which are meetings on the borderline of what I understand and what I don't, with people who are different from myself. Votes: 0

The best meetings get real work done. When your people learn that your meetings actually accomplish something, they will stop making excuses to be elsewhere. Votes: 0

One is a socialist because one used to be one, no longer going to demonstrations, attending meetings, sending in one's dues, in short, without paying. Votes: 0

I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings. Votes: 0

One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic. Votes: 0

Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. Votes: 0

True peace can rarely be imposed from the outside; it must be born within and between communities through meetings and dialogue and then carried outward. Votes: 0

The downside of being a dean is that I'd rather drop off my son at (Michael Jackson's) Neverland Ranch than go to all those meetings. Votes: 0

A classic, navy blue blazer is my staple. It's a look that can take you from office meetings to dinner out with friends or family. Votes: 0

There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to be townhall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country. Votes: 0

How does MINDEF intend to reduce uncertainties, enhance understanding, and improve coordination in the region and beyond through defence diplomacy apart from conferences and meetings? Votes: 0

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time. Votes: 0

I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade. Votes: 0

I probably had 150 meetings with Trent Lott. He has said exactly as many racist things to me as Bill Clinton has, which is to say zero. Votes: 0

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents. Votes: 0

Committee meetings are always held at inconvenient times and usually take place in dark, dusty rooms the temperatures of which are unsuited to the human body. Votes: 0

At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark's face would get red and he'd start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers. Votes: 0

The greatest missionary tool we have is that of demonstrating friendliness, brotherly kindness, harmony, love and peace in our homes and in all our church meetings. Votes: 0

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Votes: 0

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything. Votes: 0

Being on a board is not just about showing up for the meetings. A board member needs to materially contribute to the success of the business. Votes: 0

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police. Votes: 0

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police Votes: 0

[Patrizio Bertelli or Gildo Zegna] are individuals who are superbusy, traveling all the time. You can't think they will have the time to attend all the meetings. Votes: 0

PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings. But using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table: You can do very bad things with it. Votes: 0

We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's a lot of available projects. Votes: 0

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up. Votes: 0

I've seen Keith fall asleep at business meetings about millions of dollars for him-because of heroin, just nod out and then wake up and answer a question. Votes: 0

Socializing is more positive than being alone, that's why meetings are so popular. People don't like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn... Votes: 0

I heard that in relativity theory, space and time are the same thing. Einstein discovered this when he kept showing up three miles late for his meetings. Votes: 0

I was doing auditions and meetings during the day and going to culinary school at night. And then 'NCIS' happened. So I dropped out of culinary school. Votes: 0

My day starts at 8 in the morning. I have meetings through the day into the evening and very often dinners and benefits at night. This is nonstop. Votes: 0

I remember being very young and going to AA meetings with my father in Brooklyn. I thought it was fun because they served hot chocolate and cookies. Votes: 0

Whenever you're starting a new show, you have these awkward first lunches and meetings that are sort of mandatory, and everybody shows up, but nobody knows each other. Votes: 0

Lovers often invest their first meetings with retrospective significance, as if to try to conjure the elements of the numinous out of the stubborn witness of the everyday. Votes: 0

I can still feel you, Eva. Still taste you. I've been hard since you left, through two meetings and one teleconference. You've got the advantage, state your demands. Votes: 0

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference. Votes: 0

I love those stretches where I've just been a writer - when I haven't been doing Internet start-ups - where I pretty much eliminate meetings from my life. Votes: 0

We have all had serendipitous moments - the most unlikely meetings out of nowhere - that can happen when we have this quality of deep acceptance towards ourselves. Votes: 0

The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of the arguments to make better decisions. Votes: 0

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings. Votes: 0

It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news. Votes: 0

When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings. Votes: 0

During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle, where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer's eyes sparkle. Votes: 0

The National Socialist Party will prevent in the future, by force if necessary, all meetings and lectures which are likely to exercise a depressing influence on the German state. Votes: 0

The key is to become aware of how you are signaling your presence in meetings, conversations, speeches - everywhere you show up. Then you can take charge of them. Votes: 0

Life was certainly more entertaining when people were indulging their vices as opposed to going to meetings to indulge in a new vice: discussing their innermost thoughts in public. Votes: 0

For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and unclassified that members have been invited to. Votes: 0

I'd want to bring a flamethrower to faculty meetings. The preciousness of academics and their fragile personalities would not be tolerated in any other business in the known universe. Votes: 0

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit. Votes: 0

I worked at CBS in the late '90s, and I remember sitting in meetings with both advertisers and digerati, and everyone was saying, 'Network TV is dead.' Votes: 0

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings. Votes: 0

I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration. Votes: 0

I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings. Votes: 0

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings. Votes: 0

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York. Votes: 0

Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates. Votes: 0

I think it is to the advantage of my state to have the opportunity to come to meetings occasionally and to vote in person, rather than just by proxy. Votes: 0

The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency. Votes: 0

My dad always produces, and I would always sit in producers' meetings with him. I like the whole thing of putting a movie together. I think that's very exciting. Votes: 0

I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same. Votes: 0

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election. Votes: 0

We've had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it's going to be a very important six months for NATO. Votes: 0

For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it is a much rarer event. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?' Votes: 0

I know that those who esteem these little organised associations to be the churches of God, see nothing but mere meetings of men in every other gathering of God's children. Votes: 0

When you look around the room during meetings and practice, you see that everyone has the same goal. It's obvious by the way that everyone is preparing and getting ready. Votes: 0

Thousands of members of Congress have come and gone over the years, their individual achievements hidden in committee reports, private compromises, amendments pushed through or blocked, and innumerable, unnoticed meetings. Votes: 0

Between floor votes, hearings and meetings, a typical week in Washington is about 70 hours. And back in the district, it's about 60 hours, a lot of which is spent with constituents. Votes: 0

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.' Votes: 0

I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show. Those are nice mediated ways of hanging out. Votes: 0

I'm used to being cut out of the conference meetings, but now they are cutting us out even before the bill's are written or either the House or Senate Acts. Votes: 0

I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point. Votes: 0

Even chance meetings are the result of karma"¦ Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there's no such thing as coincidence. Votes: 0

I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping. Votes: 0

I just love family meetings. Very cozy, with the Christmas garlands round the fireplace and a nice pot of tea and a detective from Scotland Yard ready to arrest you. Votes: 0

I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity. Votes: 0

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted. Votes: 0

I am disabled, so I can't travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything. Votes: 0

Modern women - we're very good at keeping ourselves busy. There are PTA meetings, exercising, bake sales at school. I like that my life is not the same every day. Votes: 0

When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America's three great contributions to civilization. Votes: 0

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda. Votes: 0

Then again, in some of our meetings, the Upyri bring cocktails, shaking both cocks and tails. Bitches. You can't live with them, they can't live without you. It's a lose-lose situation. Votes: 0

Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop. Votes: 0

You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum. Votes: 0

Typically [professors] live in their heads. … They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads. It’s a way of getting their head to meetings. Votes: 0

If I'm in work mode and going to meetings, I'll make an effort and dress up, but when I'm at home or just chilling, I'm in beanies and jeans and sneakers. Votes: 0

Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked. Votes: 0

Prayer meetings are dead affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope and life when they are believing sessions, and the faith is corporately, practically and deliberately affirmed. Votes: 0

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. Votes: 0

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving. Votes: 0

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects. Votes: 0

I think I did 97 pitch meetings, and even at the 97th meeting, there were questions I was getting that I hadn't had in the - you know, any of the 96 preceding ones. Votes: 0

A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American Revolution were the meetings in homes, pubs, on street corners. Votes: 0

I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, "We shouldn't be teaching creationism." Being right doesn't mean it'll pass. Votes: 0

Women are often meeker in meetings and afraid to ask for raises and promotions. I've told countless female colleagues to stop apologizing when they ask for more. It's not personal, it's business. Votes: 0

Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack. Votes: 0

In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings. Votes: 0

The amount of meetings I've been in - people would be shocked. But that's how you gain experience, how you can gain knowledge, being in meetings and participating. You learn and grow. Votes: 0

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings. Votes: 0

It's a reality of film festivals that you can't see everything. You're dividing your time between seeing films and utilizing that unique space to have meetings with people that you can't otherwise. Votes: 0

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions. Votes: 0

Know when to email vs. when to meet. Logistics are best handled over a non-immediate communication channel like email or Asana tasks. Detailed status meetings will suck the life out of your day. Votes: 0

When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love. Votes: 0

I try to help founders as much as I can, but so many of us we won't even take meetings with people who still just have an idea, because everyone has an idea. Votes: 0

It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've ha - never had a problem with meeting with American journalists. Votes: 0

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office. Votes: 0

When leaders know how to lead great meetings, there's less time wasted and less frustration. We have more energy to do the work that matters, realize our full potential, and do great things. Votes: 0

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material. Votes: 0

The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength. Votes: 0

I've had meetings where a guy actually told me, "What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you." In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me? Votes: 0

I don't want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son's graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past. (I'm) just learning and being smart. Votes: 0

Where you need to make fast decisions, people have to work in an open space where I can just walk to somebody's cube, so we don't need to schedule meetings for absolutely everything. Votes: 0

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room. Votes: 0

For decades, activist shareholders were an entertaining, but largely ignored, Wall Street sideshow. Disgruntled investors would attend annual meetings to harangue executives, criticize strategies - and protest that their complaints were being ignored. Votes: 0

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear. Votes: 0

If you don't have an idea that materializes and changes a person's life, then what have you got? You have talk, research, telephone calls, meetings, but you don't have a change in the community. Votes: 0

Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress. Votes: 0

I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the first 10 minutes of the meeting setting up iPad to look like a laptop. Votes: 0

The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help. Votes: 0

To separate man and woman at school, at work, at meetings, in short, to separate them at life, is the affair of perverted and fusty minds! Where there is separation, there is excessive primitiveness! Votes: 0

For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world. Votes: 0

I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs. Votes: 0

Remove the centrality-of-Jesus-Christ message from ministry and meetings, and you can forget church life or organic meetings. He must be the center of everything...not in lip service, but in the dynamic experiential whole. Votes: 0

This consists of a series of meetings that may last several days through which information is provided that may include reviewing documentaries, news programs, court records and certain reports about the group in question. Votes: 0

Occupy has to continue as a bold, in-your-face movement - occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, campuses and Wall Street itself. We need weekly - if not daily - nonviolent assaults right on Wall Street. Votes: 0

I have always been a leader on my team. I have always been a guy that held player-only meetings. I'm the type of guy that stood up and said something. I know how to lead. Votes: 0

Members of trusting teams accept questions and input about their areas or responsibility, appreciate and tap into one another's skills and experiences, and look forward to meetings and other opportunities to work as a group. Votes: 0

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. Votes: 0

Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting. Votes: 0

I still live as normal a life as anybody else. I have two homes to run. I have my staff to take care of. I work, pay bills and attend society meetings like everybody else. Votes: 0

When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' I don't really fit in between Rihanna and Beyonce. Votes: 0

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me. Votes: 0

If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home. Votes: 0

Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead let beautiful pro-life women become the face for the movement. Votes: 0

Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings. Votes: 0

...if you can think of meetings you've attended, you can probably recall a time - plenty of times - when the opinion of the most dynamic or talkative person prevailed to the detriment of all. Votes: 0

That's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts, which is a terrible combination. I heard somebody yell 'AK-47!' and a lady yelled, 'Bingo!' Votes: 0

I dont really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that I need better distribution or just a bigger team behind me. Votes: 0

We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan. Votes: 0

I believe that meetings at the top level in a relatively informal atmosphere are always useful, and there is reason to hope that we will make progress in resolving the matters we will be considering. Votes: 0