Quotes tagged ‘Meetings’

“Lassiter: She's obviously meeting a new boy toy. Maybe one even younger than the last. Gus: Younger? Who do you think she's meeting with, Justin Bieber?”

— Andy Berman, Burton 'Gus' Guster, Dule Hill, imdb.com

“It's a date. You said meeting. I'm not a client. I don't have a problem. I don't need fixing. I asked you out. You said yes. We dressed up. At the end of the evening, if all goes well, there will be kissing. This is not a meeting. This is a date.”

— Jenna Bans, Shonda Rhimes, Matt Byrne, Jake Ballard, Scott Foley, imdb.com

“The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.”

— Thomas Sowell, amazon.com

“Alignment meetings sound like this: ‘It’s red, are we all in agreement it’s red? Ok, swell. Wait, Phil thinks it’s blue. Phil, here are the 18 compelling reasons it’s red. Convinced? Done now?’ Creation meetings sound like this: ‘We need more blue. How are we going to do that? Phil, you’re our blue…”

— Michael Lopp, randsinrepose.com

“Every debate must contain statistics or analysis. Absolutely no bias or general concern without supportive facts.”

— Patrick Algrim, patrickalgrim.me

“Every objection or concern must be followed by an equal solution to that objection. Example: "The web site is bad" says Jeff. My meeting format — "The Web site is bad, but here's an idea to fix it" says Jeff.”

— Patrick Algrim, algrim.co

“The new Late Show will have so many surprises for you! For me, too. I tend to nod off during meetings.”

— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com

“Sometimes I spend whole meetings wondering how they got the big meeting table through the door.”

— Jimmy Sharpe, twitter.com