Networking Quotes

“Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.”

“People hire people they like.”

“The genius of the DNS is that it is a hierarchical, distributed database.”

“Information interviewing is the key to job-hunting. It's not about asking for a job. It's about asking for information.”

“Always go to the one who has the power to hire you.”

“In a world of dumb terminals and telephones, networks had to be smart. But in a world of smart terminals, networks have to be simple.”

“You have to go out and meet people, and you have to be willing to take a chance.”

“Washington is a city of conversations. The more you're in the conversation, the more you're in the game.”

“The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users.”

“The Grateful Dead were the first social network.”

“The 800-pound gorilla of the new global financial infrastructure is the network.”

“The network is the computer.”

“The world is not a meritocracy. It's a 'connect-ocracy'.”

“Don't trust the client.”

“Always be making useful friends.”

“Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.”

“I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily good at making friends. It's a different skill set.”

“Most of Hollywood is about making contacts.”

“The single most important thing in this business is the relationships you build.”

“Ethernet is a networking technology that became a standard, and it's a world-wide standard.”