In today’s fast-paced world, the role of assistants has evolved beyond mere task completion; they are the backbone of efficiency and productivity in both personal and professional spheres. From virtual assistants streamlining our digital lives to executive assistants orchestrating the intricate details of corporate operations, these individuals are the unsung heroes behind the scenes. Assistants embody adaptability, organization, and an uncanny ability to anticipate needs, making them indispensable assets in any context.
The significance of assistants cannot be overstated, as they seamlessly navigate through myriad responsibilities with finesse and precision. Whether it’s managing schedules, coordinating meetings, or providing invaluable support, assistants serve as invaluable allies in tackling the demands of modern life. Their dedication and commitment often go unnoticed, yet their contributions form the foundation upon which success is built. As the saying goes, Behind every successful person, there is a dedicated assistant, underscoring the profound impact these individuals have on shaping outcomes and driving progress.
Few years ago, I was one of the busiest actresses in Sandalwood, working round the clock. I was so busy that my assistants had a tough time adjusting to my hectic schedule. Nikita Thukral
I know what it’s like and how hard my assistants work, and I try to treat them as fair as possible and make the office a fun environment. Brad Goreski
I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn’t about ‘me,’ it was about ‘us.’ Mike Wallace
At Team U.S.A., I’ve worked with Doc Rivers, Jeff Van Gundy, Brendan Malone, not just great head coaches but assistants and great college coaches. Tom Thibodeau
Besieged by lawsuits that threatened to engulf almost everyone at the White House, Clinton assistants shunned paper or e-mail records of their daily deliberations. One told me that he would go down the hall to confer with his division chief face to face rather than discuss an issue on the telephone. Robert Dallek
I don’t have lights, I don’t have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photograph. That’s really basic, and that’s how I used to work when I was 17 or 18 in Holland. Anton Corbijn
America is facing a looming shortage of doctors, nurses, and physicians’ assistants. John Barrasso
If I see one of my sales assistants neglecting someone because he doesn’t look like a good client, he’s fired immediately. Antoine Arnault
I am very grateful for the dedicated work and intellectual contributions of generations of talented postdocs, students and research assistants without whom none of the work from my laboratory would have been possible. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
I pay two full-time assistants in my studio, plus consultants who are architects, engineers, and landscape architects, as well as lighting designers. Janet Echelman
I try to create a very casual working place, where everybody – down to production assistants – can throw out ideas and not feel intimidated. When it becomes a collaborative environment, it becomes a small family, and everybody becomes invested. Sean Baker
I don’t have interns. I don’t have a manager. I don’t have assistants. I don’t have a secretary. I can’t figure out Outlook Express. I’m the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people. Bruce Dickinson
I’d lost the joy of coaching. There were times after a win when I was shouting at my assistants leaving the field because I wasn’t happy with the way we’d played. I had lost what I started out to be in coaching: Someone who had a positive effect on the lives of my players. Mack Brown
I never have used computers or calculators. I’ve always been able to figure out in my head, far before my opposition has, in negotiating for acquisitions, where we need to be and where the numbers are and how we could get the best sight of the bargain, without having to resort to accountants or assistants or financial experts. Jon Huntsman, Sr.
My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it. Raf Simons
I don’t have any assistants, I do it all myself, I don’t have any secretaries. Billy Sherwood
People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants. Joss Stone
I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That’s why I’m in a wheelchair: I’ve been doing it physically – it’s hard labour – throughout my life. Yayoi Kusama
It is a dire need for our young scientists to be proficient in running and using their lab equipment rather than depending on their assistants or workers. Once they learn how to use every lab equipment, their scientific career is likely to progress smoothly. Abdul Qadeer Khan
I don’t like to work with assistants. I’m already one too many; the camera alone would be enough. Alfred Eisenstaedt
Human language is the new UI layer, bots are like new applications, and digital assistants are meta apps. Intelligence is infused into all of your interactions. Satya Nadella
Assistants like Tim Grgurich worked with me and watched film of me from my Oregon State days. Gary Payton
One of the most delightful parts of being a writer is connecting with people via social media. I devote ten minutes out of every writing hour to Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and other sites. I don’t use assistants for that. It’s me and all of my friends, fans, readers, and colleagues on the crazyboat. Jonathan Maberry
If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don’t have their assistants and entourage, it’s funny to see what happens. Daryl Hall
It’s a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they’re larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that’s not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded. Channing Tatum
It’s something I work on every once in a while. I’ll skate around the neutral zone and have one of our assistants fire pucks into my skates and I’ll figure out a way to handle them. I think it’s a good skill to have, and something you don’t think about that you should work on. T. J. Oshie
I don’t have assistants and things in the studio. Jessica Stockholder
I don’t live lavishly, so it’s not like I have 20 assistants and travel privately and shop every day. Mila Kunis
The assistants, the managers, the PR, the person whose coordinating, the person in production – those are the people I loved communicating with and building network relationships with. Karen Civil
I realised I was living in my own universe with lots of assistants. I didn’t have a cell phone; I didn’t know how to use a computer. Everybody was doing everything for me. So I left and moved to New York. It was the end of an era, and I must say I found myself a bit lost. I wasn’t in the protected Mugler universe any more. Thierry Mugler
When I wrote ‘The Assistants,’ I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and the gender wage gap, but I wanted to put it in a really slick, fun package. That book ended up being described as a socially conscious novel in chick-lit clothing. Camille Perri
Technically, I have not changed very much. Ask my assistants. They’ll tell you, I am the easiest photographer to work with. I don’t have heavy equipment. I work out of one bag. Helmut Newton
Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics, and now everyone says, ‘Ah!’ Issey Miyake
In my line of work, I frequently communicate with CEOs and their executive assistants, and nowhere is the need for gratitude more clear. Mark Goulston
You want your assistants to move up. But you want it to be a hard decision. You want them to only be willing to leave if they’re walking into a dream situation. You don’t want money to ever be a factor. Bret Bielema
I want to keep my clients happy, and the pressure’s on me as the boss to manage my three assistants and make sure that everything is getting done. There’s less time for tears and more time for bossing people around. Brad Goreski
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath. Harry Houdini
There are a lot of guys who do this job, and they have tons of assistants. They all kind of write together, and for me, it’s basically me here in this room, and that’s it. Michael Giacchino
As a college freshman with an on-campus job, I was delivering paperwork to the engineering department one day. There, I encountered two department assistants whose faces lit up with the hope that I was a prospective student. I hadn’t come there to enroll, but their reactions piqued my interest. Peggy Johnson
It’s very rare that I get really upset about something my assistants have done. Brad Goreski
I just want to be myself. I want to act in films and not expect any special treatment. I carry my own bags on sets, I don’t have assistants around me. Arvind Swami
There is a dire need to create awareness regarding proper and safe use of laboratory equipment among lab workers and assistants, since it not only affects the worker but the people attached to them. Abdul Qadeer Khan
Did you notice what happened when digital photography arrived? Suddenly there were four times as many people on set for a shoot! It used to be a photographer, a couple of photo assistants, stylist and a fashion assistant, hair and make-up and that was about it. Amber Valletta
I read the newspaper everyday and that is where the stories come from. And I write my own scripts, not assistants to provide ‘inputs.’ Samuthirakani
If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants. John Wooden
It was really hard to get into graduate school at Texas. We had trouble getting grad assistants. Mack Brown
Most national correspondents will tell you they rely on stringers and researchers and interns and clerks and news assistants. Rick Bragg
What happens in college is every year, or every two years, sometimes every three, you get a new flock of graduate assistants that come in even though the head coach remains the same. Sean McDermott
One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who started with underwear fabric – jerseys – we used the machine that made underwear to make something else. Issey Miyake
I’m just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You’re expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You’re expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late. Jonathan Van Ness
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not. Samuel E. Morison
My assistants will bear testimony to the fact that I am a very angry man. R. Madhavan
I am not the kind of director who sits in a chair smoking a cigar talking with a microphone to 10 assistants. I need to move. To touch. To put a painting on a wall. To arrange a set. Federico Fellini
When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: ‘Is your goal to be a head football coach?’ Chuck Pagano
I want to thank all the assistants and staff who have worked for us over the years, as well as the people in the community who have added value to our lives. John Calipari
NYFW is not just about the designers and the runway. It is a massive production from the celebrities in attendance, the assistants backstage prepping the models before they walk to the epic after-parties! Jeffree Star
A lot of coaches make it harder than it should be. Some are too hard on themselves, obsessing about controlling everything, not trusting their assistants, worrying about time. Jeff Fisher
I like having young assistants in my office; they have energy, and I spend time with them to make sure they understand what we’re doing. By investing in them, I’m investing in the magazine. All over ‘Vogue,’ ‘Teen Vogue,’ and ‘Men’s Vogue,’ there are people who have been through not only my office but also many other offices at ‘Vogue.’ Anna Wintour
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. Theodor W. Adorno
But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years. Harry Houdini
I wrote ‘The Assistants’ while I was the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of ‘Esquire.’ Camille Perri
These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges. Alistair Cooke
Yes, CEOs are under pressure from all sides, and executives have all sorts of people pushing and pulling at them. But too often, they begin to view and treat their teams, and especially their assistants, as appliances. And a good assistant knows that the last thing their boss wants to hear from them is a personal complaint about anything. Mark Goulston
This sounds fake, but my first job lead when I moved to New York City, someone emailed me and asked, ‘Would you want to be one of Lorne Michaels’ assistants?’ Lindsay Shookus
Having an agent who had been through the process a million times and who could walk me through the process freed up a lot of mental space for me to just focus on the creative. I also worked with recipe testers, photographers, and assistants who were invaluable in creating a book that I’m truly proud of. Molly Yeh
Surely in a world of email, video conferencing and virtual assistants, isn’t being expected to show up at the office extremely anachronistic? Yet to date it seems that where one works does matter. That creativity and innovation do feed off physical interactions between people. Noreena Hertz
I worked with many great assistants to Sir Alex Ferguson over the years. Yet sometimes a manager’s second-in-command is more suited to that role than any other. You confide in them – you tell them things that you would not tell the manager – and they are that bridge between the boss and the players. Paul Scholes
In fashion, you have assistants, flashes; you can make sets. There are people running around doing things for you. But I can take it or leave it. William Klein
As the West Coast offense has spread out among the NFL, as all of Bill Walsh’s assistants and all of Mike Holmgren’s assistants have gone on to be head coaches, it’s all the West Coast offense, but it’s all a little different, tailored to the personnel or the coordinators or the resources each team has. Paul DePodesta
I don’t really like to work with a large team and assistants, because then I lose so much time explaining things, which I don’t like. Hildur Gudnadottir
If you’re setting up lights and tripods, and you’ve got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it’s different. D. A. Pennebaker
Sweating the small stuff is important in boxing and life. On a movie, we have production assistants who’re 18 and 19 years old. If someone asks you for a cup of coffee, and you bring them a cup of coffee that’s cold, I make a big deal of that. I make a really, really big deal of that. You have to pay attention to details. Peter Berg
Since, however, it is immaterial whether the work is done by assistants or a machine, I decided to build a machine equivalent to an array of about 200 separating funnels. Archer John Porter Martin
Great customer service does not come by chance. It is the result of training and ensuring there are enough assistants to serve the customers. Theo Paphitis
Dartmouth is a small school with high-caliber teaching. Our classes were all taught by professors, not teaching assistants. I felt like that was a school where I could make a big splash. The opportunities would be grander and more robust for me there than at a school with 40,000 students. Aisha Tyler
So many people – DPs, writers, and the assistants that go on to be directors and writers – come from the School of Spike Lee. He’s almost set up an Institution of Spike Lee. John David Washington
It’s a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you’re pursuing that, you’re an idiot. You’re a moron. The shortest distance between two points is not a celebrity, or being next to a celebrity. Lewis Black
The procedure was that an artist got a mural and then he would have anywhere from two to ten assistants depending on the size of the mural and how many assistants he needed, or she needed. Lee Krasner
In this industry, people want a ‘yes sir’ attitude. But ad men usually have a chip on their shoulders. We have more money and are more successful. We call everyone by the first name. My assistants call me Vivek but I don’t care. Vivek Agnihotri
Back in the Stone Age, before there were workshops, it was a very difficult idea to get into musical theatre. Normally, you would be a chorus girl or boy and write something. People would get their start as rehearsal pianists or dance assistants. Maury Yeston
Science is going to be revolutionized by AI assistants. Oren Etzioni
Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I’ve never met so many assistants who have assistants. It’s a stratified society on its own. Kevin Kwan
Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one’s seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands of modern-day cultural stardom and the inevitable waning of physical capacities prevent many architects from attaining the transcendent final phase more easily achieved by artists in other mediums. Martin Filler
Beyond ensuring that people everywhere have access to mental health, virtual digital assistants can act as learning companions, using their insight into what motivates and inspires you, to help you study and learn. In this way, AI could be used to level the playing field in education and help narrow socio-economic gaps around the world. Rana el Kaliouby
You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat waiters and shop assistants, especially when you are one. Charlie Brooker
When women are told that sexual harassment is ‘part of the job’ or when assistants of both sexes enable harassing behavior, they have bought into the culture that says such behavior is not just permissible, it is a desirable expression of power. Pramila Jayapal
I take my camera to shoots and ask all the photographers and assistants to show me what to do with it. Suki Waterhouse
We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn’t matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we’re the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves. Kevin Garnett
We live in a culture that does not encourage women to be epic heroes of their own Big Stories but the mothers and lovers and wives and mistresses and muses and personal assistants, the femme fatales and fantasies and manic pixie dream girls, in someone else’s Big Story, and this someone else is usually a dude. Justine Musk
There is an intimacy and trust that is needed between leaders, between their assistants and advisers. Usually, you have the real substance behind closed doors; and the press conferences, you have niceties, nice photo ops. Tzipi Livni
I have three assistants, but there isn’t a head assistant. All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me. Tite Kubo