Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not.

Good things come to those who initiate.

The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation starter. What goes around, comes around.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Be yourself' is good advice, unless you notice that people are always excusing themselves and moving away from you. In that case, try being someone else!

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

Could there be anything more sad and more lonely than remembering what terrible things the future will bring?

My original goal was just to do stand-up but then I became interested in films - writing a film, shooting one someday, and getting to act in them.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

Moment by moment, with a twitch, a shudder, a look, it’s Mr. Hardy who movingly draws you in, turning a stranger’s face into a life.

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

It's not being homeless that matters. It's about who you are. Keep striving and you become somebody. Quit and you also become somebody.. but not the same person.

Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.

I want to reward this city. Pittsburgh is a great hockey town.

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

There is a bit of arrogance with 'Hollywood' types that doesn't sit well with game developers.