Likeability Quotes

Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. I wonder if this is how it is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likeable as good men.

Some people are inherently likeable. If you're not - work on it. It may even improve your social life.

I want people to like me.

Don't spend time with anyone you don't like.

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

I know I'm likeable, but living with me is different. Yes, I can be charming. That desire to please people and learning what to do to charm their socks off is something many of us do. But you get into a relationship, and the party's over at some point. They see the real you.

No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.

Sometimes I just go, 'Is it me? Am I really just not that likeable?' The cool thing is, when you go out there and see a lady get mad or a guy get mad, or they hate you because you didn't come from the independents, or whatever, what I like to do is just pour kerosene on that fire.

When you have confidence, that's what becomes attractive to other people and makes them want to work with you and spend time with you.

Personally, I like Jerome Boateng. He is physically strong.

That's how things work: you be who you are, and then people like you. They gravitate.

You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with.

The average American is more focused on leadership than likeability. And more focused on qualifications than quality of speakership.

Edward Smith: What do you think is the characteristic of a really nice person? Some people you obviously do like more than others. Andy Warhol: Ummm, well, if they talk a lot. ES: What, and don't make you talk? AW: Yeah, yes, that's a really nice person.

I was once told that I had become too confident and that it made me less likeable. Many successful people will get this at some point, because the people who haven't followed a similar path can be threatened by someone who has and is unabashed about it.

The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a weird barometer in the sense that some of the characters I've cared about the most in movies are characters that are often thought of as despicable.

Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest.

Possibly the defining development of postmodern politics - naturally, an American one - is the separation of personality from ideology. If you are likeable, or at least not disagreeable, if you can strike a personal bond with the electorate, if you reassure rather than disrupt, it doesn't really matter what you stand for.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him?'

I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.

When you're the cool guy, you don't know how to take people not liking you. I've already been there, done that.

It's hard to not like a man who not only notices the colors, but speaks them