Boss Quotes - Page 15

• It ain't the rain, the snow, the boss, the competition, the spouse, the money, the car, the job, or the kids - it's you! And it always has been.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Jobs, Rain, Positive Thinking

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• Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.

  Patrick Ness

  Leadership, Hate, People

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• I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan's doughnuts in the rec room and fed it to the attack poodle in my office. He made a great production of it. First, he growled at the doughnut, just to show it who was boss. Then he nudged it with his nose. Then he licked it, until finally he snagged it into his mouth and chomped it with great pleasure, dropping crumbs all over the carpet.

  Ilona Andrews

  Yellow, Office, Noses

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.89, Penguin

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• Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

  Mitt Romney

  Should Have, Support, Unions

  "Mitt Romney Wins in the District of Columbia". "Piers Morgan Tonight", transcripts.cnn.com. April 3, 2012.

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• The fact is that, under a capitalistic system, the ultimate bosses are the consumers. The sovereign is not the state, it is the people.

  Ludwig von Mises

  People, Facts, Sovereign

  Ludwig Von Mises (2006). “Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow”, p.21, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• God does not always call us to go back physically to a place we have been. But if for example we have a difficult time submitting to a boss with a certain personality God may call us to continue working with someone who has the same personality until we master the situation in a godly way. God does not want us to be on the run He wants us to confront our fears and frustrations in order to find peace in Him.

  Joyce Meyer

  Running, Godly, Frustration

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• I noticed you right away." She gave me an approving look. "I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss. I was hoping you weren't gay. Or that you were only half-gay. Like Paul." "Uh...sorry," I said. "It's pretty much full-time now. The pay's not great, but the perks...

  Josh Lanyon

  Sorry, Gay, Men

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• Then something occurred to me. "Get closer," I told Blackjack. He whinnied in protest. "Just within shouting distance," I said. "I need to talk to the statue." Now I'm sure you've lost it, boss, Blackjack said

  Rick Riordan

  Distance, Needs, Shouting

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.182, Penguin UK

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• Chess is my profession. I am my own boss; I am free. I like literature and music, classical especially. I am in fact quite normal; I have a Bohemian profession without being myself a Bohemian. I am neither a conformist nor a great revolutionary.

  Bent Larsen

  Literature, Chess, Facts

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• You can't cancel my stand-up tours. It's impossible. There's too many separate bosses. There is no 'bosses.'

  Louis C. K.

  Impossible

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, tv.avclub.com. June 29, 2010.

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• I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant.

  Jimmy Carter

  Want, Bigs, Shots

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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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• I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for

  Drake

  Bad Ass, Mentor, Stills

  Song: Tuscan Leather, 2013

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• The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer on the picket line, the stronger the commitment. A lot of workers think they make their commitment by walking off the job when nobody sees them. But you get a guy to walk off the field when his boss is watching and, in front of the other guys, throw down his tools and march right to the picket line, that is the guy who makes our strike. The picket line is a beautiful thing because it makes a man more human.

  Cesar Chavez

  Beautiful, Jobs, Commitment

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• I can only do what's easy. I can only entice and be enticed. I can't, and won't, attempt difficult relations. If I marry it will either be a man who's strong enough to boss me or whom I'm strong enough to boss. So I shan't ever marry, for there aren't such men. And Heaven help any one whom I do marry, for I shall certainly run away from him before you can say 'Jack Robinson.

  E. M. Forster

  Running, Strong, Men

  E. M. Forster (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)”, p.674, Delphi Classics

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• Why do you need to gallop while you fly?" "Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.

  Rick Riordan

  Needs, Arms, Walks

  "The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)". Book by Rick Riordan, May 5, 2009.

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• Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What, grandfather!’ I exclaimed. ‘Planting an almond tree?’ And he, bent as he was, turned around and said: ‘My son, I carry on as if I should never die.’ I replied: ‘And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.’ Which of us was right, boss?

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Son, Tree, Grandfather

  Nikos Kazantzakis, Carl Wildman (1953). “Zorba the Greek”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.

  Ralph Moody

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Ralph Moody (1991). “Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers”, p.80, U of Nebraska Press

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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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• 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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• The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.

  Seth Godin

  School, Government, Tragedy

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.6, Penguin

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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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• I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted houses, I sold vacuum cleaners. But there was always a voice saying, You should be doing something different. And it was usually my boss and I was being fired.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Oysters, Voice

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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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• ... 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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