Madeleine Albright Quotes About Meetings

Quotes about: Meetings

• Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

  Madeleine Albright

  Stupid, Men, Thinking

• One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

  Madeleine Albright

  Opportunity, Talking, Issues

• I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

  Madeleine Albright

  Country, Men, Weather

• Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive

  Madeleine Albright

  Lying, Years, People

  "Saddam Hussein: Iraq not seeking confrontation". www.cnn.com. November 16, 1997.

• One of my trips was to meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council with all the Saudi foreign ministers, and when we started the meeting I said 'Perhaps you've noticed that I'm not dressed the same as my predecessors", but no-one had a problem and I was never treated with anything other than respect...So I did not have problems with that, interestingly enough.

  Madeleine Albright

  Cooperation, Problem, Enough

  Interview with Maeve Allsup, www.amwordmag.com. October 20, 2015.

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