Boss Quotes - page 3

I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist; all right then to take a drink. But for big ones it doesn't do any good. Like water on blazing gasoline, it will only quicken and compound it. It takes sand, in the literal and the slang sense, to smother the bonfire that is fear. And if you're out of sand, then you must burn up. (Cornell Woolrich)
Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment. View quote
David C. McClelland
The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences. View quote
Jeanne DuPrau
If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful. View quote
Bobby McFerrin
OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head. View quote
Ruby Dee
Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed. View quote
Bob Schieffer
Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter. View quote
Alfred Eisenstaedt
I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be. View quote
Adam Oates
The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that. View quote
Bill Kurtis
A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his. View quote
Bobby Darin
We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss. (Bernard Ebbers)
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William. View quote
Caitlin Moran
Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides. View quote
Cecilia Bartoli
We were having a trial game against Leeds, and Jack Charlton was the boss of Middlesbrough at the time. View quote
Craig Johnston
My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine. View quote
David Lauren
It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore. View quote
Evan Dando
When I got to GM they were using a matrix method of management which means everybody has more than one boss. I first heard about that system many years ago. It's supposed to help with collaboration, but my assessment is that it's pretty hard to get geared for action that way. View quote
Edward Whitacre, Jr.
I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend. View quote
Frank Gifford
Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss. View quote
Frank Robinson
I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang. View quote
Gavin Rossdale
I want to have a bunch of kids so I can boss them around. (Jeremy Sumpter)
Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period. View quote
Jimmy Carl Black
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. View quote
Kimora Lee Simmons
In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. View quote
Ken Blanchard
I am the boss of me. You can't change anyone else. Women think they can. But you know what? You can't. View quote
Lorraine Bracco