111 Quotes by Sarah Cooper

If you're trying to get ahead in the corporate world, appearing smart in meetings should be your top priority. This can be hard if you find yourself daydreaming about Mexico, margaritas or queso cheese dip.

Satire makes people learn something more than being lectured.

One of the best things you can do to get on an engineer's good side is make him feel as much like a regular person as possible, without insulting his intelligence. Say things like, 'You're too cool to be an engineer,' or 'Nice kicks!' or 'You don't seem lonely at all.' Note: This only works on male engineers.

The desire to get from point A to point B in the shortest, most efficient amount of time without ever wandering off path, can mean you miss out on those happy accidents that push you further and faster in a direction you never even considered.

I can't tell you how excited I was when I joined my first book club, but I can tell you how much I immediately regretted it.

Engineers love pretending to be beer snobs.

There's no faster way to get on the good side of most engineers than making fun of product managers.

In the corporate world, there is no ground more fertile for appearing smart than the rich earth that is electronic communication. Your email writing, sending and ignoring skills are just as important as your nodding skills, and even more important than your copying and pasting skills.

I know I feel crazy when I'm stressed out. You know when I don't feel crazy? When I'm in my nap pod.