Boss Quotes - Page 6

• Any gathering of people requires leadership to cohere, to achieve its potential contribution. What is not needed is a "boss" of yore, directing everyone else's efforts toward "the one best way."

  James M Strock

  People, Effort, Achieve

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• Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!

  Viswanathan Anand

  Hate, Player, Up Early

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• You'll never get rich by working for your boss.

  Felix Dennis

  Rich, Get Rich

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• Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.

  Margaret Heffernan

  Bullying, Promise, Safe

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• 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.

  Caitlin Moran

  Home, Fake, Dresses

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• It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses and what to do about them.

  Srikumar Rao

  People, Hong Kong, Toxic

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• Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stop being sensible--a time to stand up and be counted--strike a blow for liberty--smite the wicked.' Ummm...' So quit yawning, the time has come.' She glanced down. 'Maybe I had better get dressed.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Men, Blow, Years

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.89, Penguin

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• Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  May, Judgment, Bigs

  "Stranger in a Strange Land".

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• Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Race, Government, Wind

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.253, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• You've heard of people calling in sick. You may have called in sick a few times yourself. But have you ever thought about calling in well? It'd go like this: You'd get the boss on the line and say, "Listen, I've been sick ever since I started working here, but today I'm well and I won't be in anymore." Call in well.

  Tom Robbins

  People, Sick, Calling

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• I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!

  Daniel Handler

  Said, Courses, Knows

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• I don't want to boss anyone and I don't want to be bossed.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Want

  Audrey Niffenegger (2009). “Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Jeanne DuPrau

  Anger, Trouble, Masters

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.56, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• This is so much harder than I ever thought it would be...because the thing is, even if you're just working part-time, your boss is going to expect a full week's worth of work, no matter how understanding she is. That's just the nature of the working world-things have to get done, babies or not. And if you're like me-if you're like any woman who ever did well in school and did well at her job-you don't want to disappoint a boss. And you want to do a good job raising your baby...It's not like you think it's going to be

  Jennifer Weiner

  Baby, Jobs, School

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• You have to learn to follow your heart. You can’t let other people pressure you into being something that you’re not. If you want God’s favor in your life, you must be the person He made you to be, not the person your boss wants you to be, not even the person your parents or your husband wants you to be. You can’t let outside expectations keep you from following your own heart.

  Joel Osteen

  Husband, Heart, People

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• We need to gather everyone we can. Damien scoffed. Uh, boss, hate to be a pall, but I think everyone we can gather is currently in this room. Sin paused to look at Simi, Xirena, Damien, Kat, Kish, and Xypher. It was a pitiful number of defenders. But it was all the world had. In that case, we need to seriously arm ourselves. Damien crossed himself. Hail Mary, full of grace- What are you doing? Kish asked. You're not Catholic. Yeah but I'm feeling really religious all of a sudden and it seemed like a good idea.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Religious, Hate, Thinking

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Devil May Cry”, p.124, Hachette UK

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• I'll tell you one thing about me, and that is that I'm not to keen on being bossed around. If, say, my Mom tells me to empty the dishwasher, I like to wait a little bit, you know, not hop up and do it right away, because then it feels more like my own idea. That's a little problematic when you have an actual boss.

  Deb Caletti

  Mom, Ideas, Waiting

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• ... I am more of an ambler. I once overheard my old boss in Dublin describe me as very "hello trees, hello flowers." It was intended as an insult and it fulfilled its brief; I was insulted. I had little interest in greeting trees and flowers but nor did I treat life as a treadmill, on which it was vital to keep fleeing forward in order to avoid being sucked off the back and out of the game.

  Marian Keyes

  Flower, Order, Games

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• DCI Horner's advice to Jack Spratt: "Remember, m'boy," his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, "that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.

  Jasper Fforde

  Eye, Winter, Boys

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• I would figure out, later, how to explain to my boss that, for me, Delia will never be a story, but a happy ending.

  Jodi Picoult

  Stories, Happy Endings, Figures

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• J.D. nodded. Yes, yes, fine, thank you. Nice attitude, by the way. Like boss, like secretary.

  Julie James

  Attitude, Nice, Way

  Julie James (2009). “Practice Makes Perfect”, p.102, Penguin

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• Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Responsibility, Animal

  Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (2007). “Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life”, p.39, Crown Archetype

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• And when things start to go wrong, a good boss doesn't just fire everybody and start over.

  Lisi Harrison

  Fire, Starting Over, Good Boss

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• A good boss asks what part she could have played in the problem. And then she asks herself what she can do better next time.

  Lisi Harrison

  Next, Problem, Can Do

  Lisi Harrison (2009). “The Clique #11: Boys R Us”, p.136, Hachette UK

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• About my boss, Tyler tells me, if I'm really angry, I should go to the post office and fill out a change-of-address card and have all his mail forwarded to Rugby, North Dakota.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Office, Cards, Addresses

  Chuck Palahniuk (2005). “Fight Club: A Novel”, p.68, W. W. Norton & Company

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