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Management Quotes
"In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto."
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"I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently."
47
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."
40
"The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children."
38
"It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the right incentive to perform."
32
"I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."
31
"Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!"
19
"It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it."
17
"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."
16
"I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this."
16
"The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game."
14
"A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge."
14
"I don't even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they'll contact me."
13
"There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw."
13
"More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager."
11
"I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager."
11
"Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management."
11
"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had."
11
"Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player."
10
"Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats."
10
"As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.'"
10
"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"
10
"I, in fact, have been involved in the construction of and the management of wastewater treatment plants."
10
"The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided."
10
"Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off."
10
"The secret to winning is constant, consistent management."
10
"It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager."
10
"If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance."
9
"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
9
"We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh."
9
"Index investing outperforms active management year after year."
9
"That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view I strongly disagree with it."
9
"The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act."
8
"As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management."
8
"And I was asked if I would come and help with the recovery of this great British company, Cable and Wireless, and I'm delighted to become part of the new and very talented management that have been brought in to that company as well."
8
"My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation."
8
"Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street."
8
"I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms."
8
"If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now."
8
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way."
8
"My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy."
8
"My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day."
8
"Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence."
8
"Any manager can do well in an expanding market."
8
"I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes."
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