Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bernard Cornwell

It's better than 9 to 5 because I'm my own boss so I can take off when I want to, and the dress code is non-existent and the commute is terrific.

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.

In most cases, tech workers don't telecommute because their bosses discourage it or their companies prohibit it. Sixty percent of help-desk and support workers don't telecommute at all -- often because they're in the office supporting all the other telecommuters. In some cases, they're working on large, expensive equipment that you just can't take home with you.

Drew Seeley

I'm living in New York, getting paid to do what I love. I get to boss people around, wear a fancy costume, dance with beautiful mermaids, and meet my fans every night at the stage door. I'm loving it.

I had a boss who told me that if I really wanted to reach my potential there I had to get rid of my excess baggage, and he meant my husband and kids. So it wasn't clean sailing.

If you feel you aren't getting much recognition for your contribution, think of your boss, because your boss gets less -- much less.

If you're living in a small business environment, you've got, say, five or eight people in an office or a workshop, and one of them is a pain in the neck and is making life difficult for everybody else, it's workers in many cases more than the boss that would like to see the back of him, ... That's a point that's overlooked by some of our union critics.

If you are unable to do that, I don't see where your bosses have any choice

Shannon Noll

I hold fans so dear - they're my bosses ... I make a point of making sure they're at the top of the food chain, where they belong.

I haven't had a chance to work closely with him enough to evaluate him. When you got hired, I'm sure your boss didn't do a one-year evaluation after one month.

Bobby Robson

I'm sure that I should call him boss and I will.

In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they are encouraged - by their husbands, bosses and the government - to take long maternity leaves.

I'm partial to 'Like a Rolling Stone.' It's the song that fits my era. That and 'Big Boss Man.'

If I went and told my boss to buy something with over a 50 P/E, he'd kill me, ... Both companies are extraordinarily successful and have tons and tons of growth but the problem is everybody else realizes it.

Samuel Dalembert

I'm not the boss. The boss can decide to do whatever he wants. I just want to play.

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.

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.

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).

Being a good boss is important in any organization, but it's particularly important for small business. With smaller businesses, you really have the opportunity to set the tone for the entire company.

Robert Frost

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day

Harrison Ford

I've never wanted to be the boss.

Cassandra Clare

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

Franz Kafka

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

Jason Sudeikis

I haven't really had too many bosses. Any bad boss I had probably was because I was a bad employee.

Evan Dando

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.

If you think you'll curry favor, you are mistaken. The boss now knows what kind of character you have.

It helps a lot if people know exactly who their boss is.

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,

J. B. Smoove

If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.

It's tough to get into the starting line-up at the moment with so many international players here. I will just keep playing away, wherever the boss wants.