Reid Hoffman Quotes

I have known Secretary [Hillary] Clinton for 25 years and respect her very much.

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.

I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down.

You don't have to always be the smartest person in the room, but if you listen and absorb what you are hearing, you will be ahead of the game.

We have had the pleasure of speaking with Hillary [Clinton] [and for Hillary] for many years now. It's always an incredibly warm experience - like you are speaking to someone who genuinely wants to work with you and for you.

Hillary Clinton has been The Smartest Woman in the World in her circle since 1970 when she went away to college.

Hillary Clinton is very strong and very smart.

There is no single approach that actors take to their craft. And the best thing you learn is that you have to really listen and respect each actor's own process and own method, and that takes a kind of delicate, non-imposing patience and openness, I think, to get the very best out of the people you work with.

Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

I listen. I meet with everybody, I don't care what their political persuasion is - whether it be a labor union or small-business folks or individuals who have problems. But I meet with everybody and listen.

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.

I believe you can work with anybody.

I'm a guy that wants the movie to work. So whatever it takes or whatever you got to do - I'm happy to do.

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

People who work with me say I have a four-step response to new ideas: rejection, reconsideration, acceptance, ownership. I need to listen more patiently.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

You gotta be able to change worlds.

It's such a great thing to work with people and not have a plan.

When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.