Amy Sedaris Quotes

Most of us have jobs that require some handling of other peoples' feelings and our own, and in that sense, we are all partly flight attendants.

I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person.

I haven't had vast amounts of ministerial experience - in fact, none at all. But I do have a lot of experience of people.

I like people. Listen, if you're a hotelier, if you're a creative person, and you're working with the things that I do, then you have to like people; otherwise, you simply can't get anywhere.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

I have loved hosting over the years, simply because I love working with people. It's the perfect job.

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.

I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.

I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

I like working with the public, I like working with food, and I like making cash.

In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.

If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them.

In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?

Hospitality is almost impossible to teach. It's all about hiring the right people.

Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.

Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people's views into account, allow you to be successful.

At AT&T, I learned an awful lot about people, and how important it is to have the right people in the right jobs. And when I say 'right people,' I'm not talking about their college degree or work history; I'm talking about things like bearing - How does this person interact with other people? Can he or she talk to you and not tick you off?

The lesson for businesses is you are dealing with real people. Those are your customers, those are your employees, those are your bosses, and the better you understand how real people tick, the more successfully you will be able to accomplish your goals.

The position of an assistant director in Japan is a handyman who does everything if necessary. They must overcome the unreasonable demands of hard-hearted and whimsical directors, and staff with different personalities or habits.

It's not an easy job being a coach.

Serving ice cream isn't exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me today.

I have nothing bad to say about my job. I love the public, I love to talk, get to know people, everything.

When you're working with someone new, it takes a second to understand their instincts and range. It's not really conscious.

The minute I stepped foot on the shop floor and started serving in a retail environment, I knew it was the career for me. I was a shop assistant for just one day, and I thought, 'This is it. This is the rest of my life. This is all I want to do.'