Get The Job Done Quotes - Page 3

• Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done.

  Peter King

  Jobs, Taken, Thinking

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• I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didnt like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.

  Hugh Dillon

  Teacher, Jobs, School

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• One reason (among many) that women may well take over the world of "virtual enterprises" is that they seem to have a greater instinct for networking. And the unfettered-by-machismo males who have taken to networking will do better than those who shun it as "sissy stuff." But truth is, it has always been the age of "networkers"; and in an era where organizations depend more and more on tenuously connected outsiders to get the job done, it will only become so.

  Tom Peters

  Jobs, Taken, Power

  Tom Peters (2010). “The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times”, p.54, Vintage

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• Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels.

  Jodi Rell

  Jobs, Salary, Use

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• Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.

  Emily Procter

  Baby, Jobs, Inspiration

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• A Perl program is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you.

  Larry Wall

  Jobs, Fire, Boss

  Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall, Jon Orwant (2012). “Programming Perl: Unmatched Power for Text Processing and Scripting”, p.26, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• What would you do differently as defense secretary to compensate for this record in which the greatest military in the world, as we are constantly told, doesn't get the job done?

  James Mattis

  Jobs, Military, Defense

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman, he said. They're always more trouble than what they're worth. What a man needs is just one that will get the job done.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Horse, Jobs, Men

  Cormac McCarthy (2012). “All the Pretty Horses”, p.92, Pan Macmillan

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• Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is.

  Julia Gillard

  Jobs, Heart, Winning

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• In most cases we perform better when we're busy than when we're not busy. When we're slow, our mind wanders. We're not as attentive to our business. When we're on the firing line, we're sharper. We move more quickly and get the job done right.

  S. Truett Cathy

  Jobs, Moving, Mind

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• But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

  Steve Spurrier

  Sports, Jobs, Passion

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• That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.

  Adam Savage

  Jobs, Stars, War

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• The problem I have with Bill Parcells is him quitting. I don't like guys quitting. If you sign up for something, finish the job get the job done. Don't quit. It is a three-year formula, he goes in, gets his three years and then he quits and walks out of there with a bucket full of money. I don't like that part of it

  Deion Sanders

  Jobs, Years, Guy

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• It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Government, People

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• I wanted to finish my career as a Steeler. I felt I just fit the mold as far as a blue-collar guy. I may not be the flashiest, most flamboyant wide receiver out there. But I get the job done for my team.

  Hines Ward

  Jobs, Team, Blue

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• We get the job done. So what happens if we win?

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Jobs, Winning, Done

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Once you reach people on an authentic emotional level, they will reward your faith in them with their belief in you, and they will mobilize to get the job done.

  Kevin Allen

  Jobs, Emotional, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Barton is a pretty brass tacks kind of guy. Kinda get the job done so I can go home. So I don't think it's very difficult for him to decide.

  Jeremy Renner

  Jobs, Home, Thinking

  Source: screenrant.com

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• I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

  James Cameron

  Jobs, Mean, Commitment

  "Filmmaker, Inventor and Explorer". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 18, 1999.

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• You've got the right - you've got a wonderful person with Sheila Bair, most of the viewers have never heard of Sheila Bair. [She] has taken eight percent of the deposits in the United States and seamlessly moved those over to sound institutions which in turn have gotten more capital, ended up, it's been a magnificent job.She'll never get a golden parachute or any severance pay or anything. She's done a great job. We've got some great public servants. We have I think the right people in there to get the job done, and then they need more tools.

  Warren Buffett

  Jobs, Taken, Thinking

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• People know if you've got the goods, if you're easy to work with, and if you can get the job done.

  Cheyenne Jackson

  Jobs, People, Done

  Interview With Karman Kregloe, www.newnownext.com. July 8, 2007.

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• I love being on camera. And I love knowing what's going on in the world. Diane Sawyer is my favorite. She never seems to lower herself to get the job done. She just always carries herself well. I really admire her.

  Carrie Underwood

  Jobs, Love Is, Knowing

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• They may say, 'He's small. We really don't know if he can get the job done.' But they said that about me coming out of high school.

  Bob Sanders

  Jobs, School, Done

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• They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thin, incessantly: 'Get it done, get it done.' So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.

  Markus Zusak

  Jobs, War, Views

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.309, RH Childrens Books

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• I guess if there was a desert island scenario and I only could take one font with me, I guess it would be Helvetica, though it has it's limitations, I think it's incredibly versatile and gets the job done and I also think it's one of the typefaces that will really survive the test of time beyond the next several decades if not into the next century.

  Khoi Vinh

  Jobs, Thinking, Islands

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.

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