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Boss Quotes

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

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

Robert Greenleaf, American Writer

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"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter."

"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter."

John Gotti, American Criminal

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"I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me."

"I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

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"Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss."

"Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss."

James Patrick Murray, American Journalist

Boss, Golf, Man

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"The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss."

"The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

Boss, Job, Will

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"Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties."

"Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

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"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."

"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."

Gavin Rossdale, British Musician

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"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."

"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."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

Boss, People, Successful, Fact

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"It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course."

"It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course."

George Cukor, American Producer

Boss, People, Answers

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"Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides."

"Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

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"The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it."

"The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it."

Jim Dale, British Musician

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"No man bosses me around, and no man ever will."

"No man bosses me around, and no man ever will."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Boss, Bosses, Man, Will, Cybill Sheperd

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"My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless."

"My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless."

Jay London, American Comedian

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"Dick Wolf was my first boss after coming out of Sarah Lawrence."

"Dick Wolf was my first boss after coming out of Sarah Lawrence."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

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"I've never wanted to be the boss."

"I've never wanted to be the boss."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

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"The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'."

"The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'."

John Ashcroft, American Public Servant

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"I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool."

"I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss."

"We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss."

Bernie Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

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"I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play."

"I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play."

Judith Light, American Actress

Boss, Character, Play

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"Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs."

"Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs."

James Levine, American Musician

Boss, Employees, Needs

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

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

Ted Rall, American Cartoonist

Boss, First, Saying

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"Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year."

"Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year."

Simon Cowell, British Entertainer

Boss, Borrowing, Company, Future

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"I want to have a bunch of kids so I can boss them around."

"I want to have a bunch of kids so I can boss them around."

Jeremy Sumpter, American Actor

Boss, Kids, Want

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"OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head."

"OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head."

Ruby Dee, American Actress

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"The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children."

"The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children."

Teresa Wright, American Actress

Boss, Children, Trade

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"It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised."

"It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

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