Managers Quotes - Page 26

• My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.

  Dave Brubeck

  Dad, School, Years

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• At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Jobs, Years, Careers

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• After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

  William S. Burroughs

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

  William S. Burroughs (1993). “The Adding Machine: Selected Essays”, p.125, Arcade Publishing

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• I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the coin-op side of the games business very well.

  Nolan Bushnell

  College, Games, Coins

  "Meet Nolan Bushnell, the man who created the videogames industry". Interview with Steve Boxer, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.

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• I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career.

  Herman Cain

  Kings, Moving, Careers

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• Oh, there's all these rumors that I'm a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel's son, Reba McEntire's stepson.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Son, Rumor, Stepsons

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• The problem is, we elected a manager and we need a leader. Let's face it: Bush is just dim.

  George Clooney

  Leader, Needs, Faces

  "The 9:10 to Crazyland". Interview with A.J. Jacobs, www.esquire.com. March 17, 2008.

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• I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Football, Imperfection

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.

  Brian Clough

  Dog, Should Have, World

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• If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Should, Wells

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No seriously... when there's families, you tend to go back to your room after the gig rather than go for a drink with the other guys. But there's always someone who's got something going, like the tour manager.

  Phil Collins

  Guy, Gigs, Rooms

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• The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face.

  Mark Cuban

  Smile, Jobs, Selfish

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• I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

  Mark Cuban

  Jobs, Business, Winning

  "Mark Cuban: 'When I die, I want to come back as me'". Interview with Mark Hendrickson, techcrunch.com. September 9, 2008.

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• I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don't eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Party, Sleep, People

  "The Booming Business of Ellen DeGeneres: From Broke and Banished to Daytime's Top Earner". Interview with Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 22, 2012.

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• Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Gay, People, Trying

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• Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Management, Expanding, Wells

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• Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Want, Improvement, Mathematician

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• A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

  Peter Drucker

  Work, Learning, Knowledge

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Post-Capitalist Society”, p.40, Routledge

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• The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

  Peter Drucker

  Wise, Business, Work

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing in Turbulent Times”, p.15, Routledge

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• The internet was supposed to make this whole business of job searching rational and simple. You could post your resume and companies would search them and they'd find you. It doesn't seem to work that way. There aren't enough jobs for experienced, college educated managers and professionals.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Jobs, Simple, College

  "Bait and Switch: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich". Interview with April Dembosky, www.motherjones.com. September 9, 2005.

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• Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return.

  Jim Evans

  Jobs, Return, Tough

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• Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.

  Al Franken

  Phones, People, Needs

  Interview with Chris Weigant, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2008.

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• I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.

  Paul Gascoigne

  Team, Player, Decision

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• I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Thinking, Training, Example

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• More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Team, Different, Culture

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