Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Grogan

In a world of bosses, you are your own master

Johnny Damon

Any day we get through without injury, The Boss is going to be happy.

Andrei Gromyko

An exchange of ideas occurs when you take an idea to your boss and you come back with his idea.

As a parent you want to support or enable your child, but as a boss you may have to fire your child and bring in better management.

People complain their bosses never give them positive reinforcement, ... I say to them: 'If you think you get too little recognition, think of your boss. He or she gets less.'

Ricky Gervais

a friend first, and a boss second, entertainer third.

James Thurber

Even if Boss DeLay leaves, his legacy stays.

Dean Young

As they settled into marriage, 'Blondie' started to resonate with more people, ... Dagwood wasn't too different than a lot of guys. He forgets to take out the garbage. He'd rather eat one of his huge sandwiches than go out to any fancy restaurant. Hopefully, most people don't have bosses like Mr. Dithers but they could definitely relate to some of the challenges at the workplace.

As to our corporate bosses in New York, it's not my place to say their view is incorrect. But while we embrace new technologies, we do so with deliberation, caution and forethought.

Don't hog the limelight. If your boss praises you for a project you've been involved with, give credit to the rest of the team.

A lot of people leave jobs because they say, 'I had no freedom. I had no say,' ... People don't want bosses who are ... just telling them what to do and not creating a strong collegial relationship with give and take.

They don't make bosses like that any more.

You don't want the perception of correction to lie in one individual's mind. And follow up with a document back to the boss stating what you're going to do to change. You need to send a message.

You don't want confrontation - you want your boss to see you as an up-and-comer,

It's at times like this that the bosses have to hold their heads up and really earn their money. We have a fast car and we just need a few things to go right in order to prove its performance. There will be no knee-jerk reaction. Honda are in formula one for the long term and the pressure on us to perform is self-generated from within the team.

Cassandra Clare

He's my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours.

Frank Robinson

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

Ian McShane

Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.

Hugh Grant

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

Hugo Boss has managed to grow very strongly despite the difficult market environment.

He's an excellent reflection of his boss ? smart, action-oriented, tough, loyal,

Franz Kafka

He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.

Even though idiot bosses are inevitable, they don't have to be terminal.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Big government unions should not use members' funds as a personal kitty, ... Union bosses have too much power over members' paychecks and too much power over our state.

David Beckham

The most important thing is that he is the right man for the job. I know the majority would prefer an English boss and we have got some good English bosses out there, but there are also some great foreign managers.

Tell your boss you're after a tax-effective way to save more. There are enough different options. And there are easy, cheap ways to do it.

Tell your boss what you think of him and the truth shall set you free.

The smart employee understands the boss's temperament and style. You want to move to being a partner from being just another worker. You want to become part of a high-performance team, and you want your boss to depend on you to deliver consistently high effort and offer good ideas.

Ricky Gervais

As long as they keep the important themes -- a job, work, a boss going through a mid-life crisis, trying to make a difference, being stuck somewhere you do not necessarily want to be.

Daniel Drew

That's who our boss is. Our philosophy is that we work for the customer.

There will come a point in time when you've so thoroughly communicated your vacation plans that your boss can't really interfere without feeling terrible (or at least refunding those nonrefundable fares).

Sheila Nevins

When a man is close to tears discussing his work and his lip quivers, he deserves bosses who punch back. I feel I would punch back for Dan.

The lake has risen 13 feet in four years, but if we do go into a drought again, we're right back where we started. My boss says I can't quit until the lake reaches that level.