Phone call Quote by David H. Maister

“For Time calls only once, and that determines all.”

— Sophocles

“A phone call should be a convenience to the caller, not an inconvenience to the called.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Conference calls are basically a subset of meetings. They are meetings held over the phone. They are worse than meetings. They are the perfect…

— Sarah Knight

“It has been shown in business meetings that once a person has been given the opportunity to speak, that person is more likely to…

— Peter Pronovost

Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.

— Mary Kay Ash

“When you chronically interrupt your time with whom ever you're with to answer your phone/text you are saying that the caller is more important.”

— Jayce O'Neal

“The aim of demanding quick responses or decisions is to limit time to consider options.”

— Steven Redhead

“No one is too busy to pick up the phone, to make a one-minute phone call. No matter how busy they say they are.”

— Candace Bushnell

“Review agendas with your client, before meetings, before phone calls, before discussions. Clients should know that they can expect you to always solicit their…

— David H. Maister

“Time matters most when decisions are irreversible. And yet many irreversible decisions must be made on the basis of incomplete information.”

— Peter L. Bernstein

“The telephone was not yet at that date as commonly in use as it is today. And yet habit requires so short a time…

— Marcel Proust

“Time matters most when decisions are irreversible.”

— Peter L. Bernstein