Quotes from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Success in any field, but especially in business is about working with people, not against them.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Identify the people in your industries who always seem to be out in front, and use all the relationship skills you've acquired to connect with them. Take them to lunch. Read their newsletters. In fact, read everything you can. Online, there are hundreds of individuals distilling information, analyzing it, and making prognos-tications. These armchair analysts are the eyes and ears of innovation. Now get online and read, read, read. Subscribe to magazines, buy books, and talk to the smartest people you can find. Eventually, all this knowledge will build on itself, and you'll start making connections others aren't.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“real networking was about finding ways to make other people more successful.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“I’ve come to believe that connecting is one of the most important business—and life—skill sets you’ll ever learn. Why? Because, flat out, people do business with people they know and like. Careers—in every imaginable field—work the same”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone. —MARGARET WHEATLEY”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Poverty, I realized, wasn’t only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people who could help you make more of yourself.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“It’s better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Your network is your destiny, a reality backed up by many studies in the newly emergent fields of social networking and social contagion theory. We are the people we interact with.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“by giving your time and expertise and sharing them freely, the pie gets bigger for everyone.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Human ambitions are like Japanese carp; they grow proportional to the size of their environment. Our achievements grow according to the size of our dreams and the degree to which we are in touch with our mission.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“There is only one place to find real peace, real harmony. That place is within,”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Today’s most valuable currency is social capital, defined as the information, expertise, trust, and total value that exist in the relationships you have and social networks to which you belong.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Business is a human enterprise, driven and determined by people.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Living a connected life leads one to take a different view. Life is less a quest than a quilt. We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process of stitching together our bold attempts to help others find their own way in their lives. The relationships we weave become an exquisite and endless pattern.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Who you know determines who you are—how you feel, how you act, and what you achieve.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Wherever you are in life right now, and whatever you know, is a result of the ideas, experiences, and people you have interacted with in your life,”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“His statement flew in the face of everything I knew. He thought of relationships as finite, like a pie that could only be cut into so many pieces. Take a piece away, and there was that much less for him. I knew, however, that relationships are more like muscles - the more you work them, the stronger they become.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Samuel Beckett wrote, “Fail, fail again. Fail better.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“connecting. It’s a constant process of giving and receiving—of asking for and offering help. By putting people in contact with one another, by giving your time and expertise and sharing them freely, the pie gets bigger for everyone. This karma-tinged vision of how things work may sound naïve to those who have grown cynical of the business world. But while the power of generosity is not yet fully appreciated, or applied, in the halls of corporate America, its value in the world of networks is proven.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Our careers aren't paths so much as landscapes that are navigated.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“I remind myself how people with a low propensity for success whose behavior is guided by fear, have a low propensity for success.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Be sincere - the surest was to become special in other's eyes is to make them feel special”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Friendship is created out of the quality of time spent between two people, not the quantity.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” That”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“SUCCESS IN LIFE = (THE PEOPLE YOU MEET) + (WHAT YOU CREATE TOGETHER).”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Creativity begets more creativity, money begets more money, knowledge begets more knowledge, more friends beget more friends, success begets even more success. Most important, giving begets giving.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“The problem, as I see it, isn't what you're working on, it's whom you're working with.

You can't feel in love with your life if you hate your work; and more times than not, people don't love their work because they work with people they don't like.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

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Фред Булькнем. ТИПОГРАФСКАЯ КРАСКА.
Автор – бывший журналист, вся его книга неразборчиво написана от руки – слова вьются вокруг бутылки виски.
– Всё, – объявил он, отдав мне книгу. – Двадцать лет.
Он нетвёрдо вышел из библиотеки, на ветхом поводу у самого себя.
А я остался стоять и смотреть на двадцать лет его жизни.

На улице только что пошел дождь. Я слышу, как он плещет в стекла и эхом отдается среди книг. Похоже, в этом прекрасном сумраке жизней они знают, что снаружи идет дождь, а я жду Вайду.

Одуванчики – себе на уме, держатся обособленно, но ромашки эти, я вам скажу!

На себя она тоже не смотрела. Сам не знаю, куда, но на что-то она смотрела очень пристально. Наверное, та вещь, на которую она смотрела, находилась у нее же внутри. Недоступная чужим взглядам.

Снова глянула на меня, и я почувствовал, как кто-то выглядывает из нее, словно тело её – замок, в котором живет принцесса.

– Идти нам больше некуда, – сказал я. – Если бы вы ушли сегодня, я бы чувствовал себя преступником. Очень трудно спать с чужими. Я бросил это много лет назад, но мы ведь с вами не чужие. Правда?
Она обратила на меня 3/4 взгляда.
– Нет, мы не чужие.

Я зашел гораздо дальше того, чтобы просто принять книгу у этой странной, неловкой, прекрасной девушки. Теперь мне предстояло принять её тело – оно лежало передо мной, с него следовало снять одежду, чтобы мы смогли соединить наши тела, словно две половинки моста над пропастью.

Она снова поцеловала меня – на этот раз, с языком. Её язык скользнул мимо моего языка струйкой плавкого стекла.

С вершиной было покончено – пришло время заняться подножьем. У девушек слишком много разных частей.
Я стащил с нее сапоги, а потом и носки. Мне нравилось, как мои руки текут по её ногам, словно вода по ручью. Милее гальки, чем пальчики у нее на ногах, я никогда не видел.

Они просто не понимают, во что влипают, или же им это нравится. Может, они все – такие же свиньи, как те, кто своими телами регулирует денежные приливы и отливы: кинозвезды, модели, шлюхи.
Ох ты ж, Господи!
Я просто не понимаю, чем эти тела так фатально притягивают к себе мужчин и женщин. У моей сестры – мое тело, длинное и костлявое. Зачем все эти слои сверху, не понимаю. Это не мои груди. Это не мои бедра. Это не моя задница. Ты видишь за ними меня? Присмотрись внимательнее. Я там, внутри этого хлама, господин библиотекарь.

– Мне кажется, ты неправа, – сказал я. – Нравится тебе это или нет, но ты – очень красивая женщина, и сосуд, в котором ты хранишься, роскошен. Может, тебе не этого нужно, но это тело – твое, и ты должна о нем хорошенько заботиться и к тому же, гордиться им. Я знаю, что это трудно, но не бери в голову, чего бы там ни хотели другие люди и чего бы ни получали. У тебя есть нечто прекрасное – попробуй жить с этим в мире.
Черт возьми, труднее всего в этом мире понять красоту. Не ведись на подростковые сексуальные позывы остального мира. Ты – умница, и голова для тебя важнее, чем тело, – так и должно быть.
Рассчитывать на выигрыш тоже не стоит. Жизнь для этого коротка. Это тело – ты, и лучше к нему привыкнуть, поскольку ничего другого тебе не досталось, и от себя не спрячешься.
Это ты.
Пускай у твоей сестры останется ее тело, а ты учись ценить своё, привыкай жить с ним. Мне кажется, тебе понравится, ты только не напрягайся: мало ли, чьи там мысли плохо пахнут.
А если будешь зависать на чужих зависах, весь мир покажется одной большой виселицей.

Она улыбалась, и на ней было короткое зелёное платье. Улыбку она носила поверх платья. Как цветок.

– Ну, дела – а вы симпотная девица! Черт, я рад, что сюда добрался! Каждая миля того стоила. Господи боже мой, мэм, да вы такая красотуля, что я б десять миль по утреннему морозу босиком пробежал, лишь бы в ваших теплых какашках постоять!”
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