“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“The cynic who twitted Aristippus by observing that the philosopher who could dine on herbs might despise the company of a king, was well replied to by Aristippus, when he remarked that the philosopher who could enjoy the company or a king might also despise a dinner of herbs.” WellsMightEnjoyCompanyKingsPhilosopherDinnerDespiseObservingHerbsCynicDine Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts - are fatal.” PeoplePayCompanyDependsElementsDinnerDebtCooksInvited Book:Society as I Have Found it Source: Society as I Have Found it
“If you're preparing a dinner for friends or a holiday dinner, make sure to only prepare recipes you are comfortable with and have cooked before. Cooking for others is not the time to try out a recipe for the first time. You end up spending all your time in the kitchen instead of enjoying your company.” IfsTryingFirstsEndsEnjoyCompanyComfortableFirst TimeCookingDinnerSpendingKitchenHolidayPreparingRecipesCooking For Others Author:Rachael Ray
“Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous.” IfsPersonsDifferentCountryPoliticalBeliefEnjoyCompanyMy FriendsDown AndDinnerRidiculousFunny ThingsPolitical Beliefs Author:Patricia Heaton
“Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner every week, because they are virtually irreplaceable because they are also very culturally specific. So a barrel at one company may not be a barrel at another company. One of the ways, the definition of a barrel is, they can take an idea from conception and take it all the way to shipping and bring people with them.” PeopleWayGivingMayIdeasDifficultCompanyWeekDefinitionsDinnerConceptionEquityBarrelsCuzIrreplaceableShipping Author:Keith Rabois
“One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being something that keeps you company-background music, something that you have on while you're flipping through a magazine, cooking dinner, talking on the phone, putting the kids to bed.” KidsPastChallengesCompanyTalkingAudienceTelevisionBedCookingPhonesDinnerBackgroundsMagazinesAccustomedBackground MusicTalking On The PhoneCooking Dinner Author:Aaron Sorkin