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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."
85
"I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently."
65
"The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children."
56
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."
52
"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."
46
"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."
41
"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!"
26
"It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it."
25
"As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.'"
23
"I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager."
22
"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."
21
"Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management."
21
"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform."
21
"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."
20
"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."
20
"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."
19
"More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager."
19
"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
19
"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."
19
"Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed."
18
"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."
18
"A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge."
18
"When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it."
18
"Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners."
17
"The secret to winning is constant, consistent management."
17
"We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management."
17
"There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw."
17
"Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over."
17
"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."
17
"People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card."
16
"Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats."
16
"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."
16
"The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided."
16
"Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it."
16
"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."
16
"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."
16
"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."
16
"She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him."
16
"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."
16
"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."
15
"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"
15
"I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms."
15
"I, in fact, have been involved in the construction of and the management of wastewater treatment plants."
15
"I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability."
15
"The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared."
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