Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sinead O'Connor

It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Hey, boss? (Vik) Not now, Vik. (Syn) Dude, listen to the metallic life form. (Vik)

Neil Gaiman

You can't just boss bacteria around like that," said the younger Mrs. Hempstock. "They don't like it." "Stuff and silliness," said the old lady. "You leave wigglers alone and they'll be carrying on like anything. Show them who's boss and they can't do enough for you. You've tasted my cheese..

Mark Shields

One of the first things every press secretary assures you is, the boss has a wonderful sense of humor, because not to have a sense of humor is considered flagrantly un-American.

Peter Drucker

Keep the boss aware. Bosses, after all, are held responsible by their own bosses for the performance of their subordinates. They must be able to say: "I know what Anne [or John] is trying to do.

Michael Caine

My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer, Johnny Gold, who was the boss of Tramp, and Leslie Bricusse, who is a composer.

Mary Kay Ash

You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If you really want to make a success of this business, then you must put yourself on a schedule.

Ted Rall

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.

Ted Rall

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

Marcus Buckingham

Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.

Kimora Lee Simmons

I'm not used to having a boss. I'm the boss. I don't need the money. I'm filthy f... rich!

Kimora Lee Simmons

I'm very determined, honest, open and definitely very energetic. I expect a lot as a boss and I'm very demanding, but I ask that of myself too.

Melissa Rosenberg

I've really been very focused on Jessica Jones. Our series was well on its way to being created by the time we even saw scripts from Daredevil, and Luke Cage didn't even have a showrunner hired then. Jeph Loeb [Marvel TV boss] is the master of the connective tissue, but each series exists in its own world.

Michael Madsen

I don't have a boss . . . nobody tells me what to do.

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

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.

James Hunter

...while everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?

You can't treat the Congress like they're a bunch of buzzing flies around your head, ... They're your bosses because they represent the American taxpayers.

The union bosses who control the teachers are like a bunch of teenagers with credits cards. They've simply run all around the state charging up massive debts, massive obligations.

Rick Pitino

Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.

Thomas Friedman

Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know. That's the only thing your boss will pay for.

Sarah Palin

The Vice-President is supreme boss of the Senate.

Robert Heller

The first myth of management is that it exists.

Richard Carmona

Do any of us actually want to live in a world where your boss can decide that he or she is morally opposed to mental health care? What if your employer was morally opposed to getting x-rays or antibiotics? How about just being forced to disclose your private medical information to your employer?

Roberto Aguire

I remember Robin [Williams] walked up to me after the last take and said, "Thanks boss! We nailed it!" That will probably be one of the best moments of my life.

Robert Pozen

You need to agree with your boss about what you need to get done that week, what are the metrics of success. Sometimes you need more hours, sometimes you need fewer hours.

Warren Farrell

If a female employee is offended, a boss would like her to tell him, not sue him.

Wayne White

I'm a sign painter with no boss.

Lee Iacocca

Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.

Seth

Your turn Imagine that the world had no middlemen, no publishers, no bosses, no HR folks, no one telling you what you couldn’t do. If you lived in that world, what would you do? Go. Do that.

Robert K. Greenleaf

Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.

Tina Fey

Start with a 'Yes', and see where that takes you.