“A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
“A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People
Variant: You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), p. 52 (in 1998 edition)
Maurice Ashley (1966) Chess Grandmaster
Chessville - Interviews - 20 Questions with GM Maurice Ashley http://www.chessville.com/editorials/Interviews/20Questions/Ashley.htm
“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Interview with Mark Shapiro (2000)
Kenneth Griffin (1968) American hedge fund manager
Interview with Harvard Investment Magazine (Winter 2005) http://www.harvardinvestmentmagazine.org/current/griffin.htm
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.”
E.M. Forster (1879–1970) English novelist
Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965) playwright and writer
As quoted in Wild Women Talk Back : Audacious Advice for the Bedroom, Boardroom, and Beyond (2004) by Autumn Stephens, p. 15