Famous Quotes & Sayings

A clueless boss gives you a wide-open field. Learn what's important to your boss, understand what your company is looking for and help the fool meet those expectations.

A clueless boss gives you a wide-open field,

A lot of people leave jobs because they say, 'I had no freedom. I had no say,' ... People don't want bosses who are ... just telling them what to do and not creating a strong collegial relationship with give and take.

They don't make bosses like that any more.

It's tough to get into the starting line-up at the moment with so many international players here. I will just keep playing away, wherever the boss wants.

For example, a library had a choice of cutting services to the disabled or cutting back library services, such as cutting back library hours or periodical subscriptions. The boss wanted to cut the disability services. That's the dilemma.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's the union bosses that run the state of California.

It started in America. These are the kinds of sports done now, that modern people participate in. It's awesome. I'm really happy we're successful. It's great. I told my bosses we could get at least six medals and we've done that.

You don't want confrontation - you want your boss to see you as an up-and-comer,

It is perfectly reasonable to propose to your boss that you take off every other Friday for six months when you've got tons of vacation time squirreled away.

At his point, my bosses are telling me we have to evaluate how and when to proceed, ... We're evaluating the plans and our options. What's going to be built is what the market demands...we're going to retrench and figure that out. Stay tuned, we'll be back in touch.

It's awesome. I want everybody to do well but I'm really happy that we were successful. It's what I planned to do. I told my bosses we could get six and we have.

Stewart Butterfield

I tend to be a lot more honest and transparent with employees than most bosses are. But I've had people tell me - even those who love working with me - that I'm terrifying, which is hard for me to imagine.

Eartha Kitt

As the Batman TV series was returning to ABC for its second season in 1967, the TV bosses decided to take Catwoman into another direction......lucky for me.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

When your old boss calls you, you immediately say yes,

When founders of a hedge fund are told they have to do such and such by compliance officers, that could be like having an employee tell the boss what to do, and that might not go over very well.

Aisha Tyler

I'm my own boss and my boss is a total ass.

Beyonce Knowles

I am not bossy, I am the boss.

Ricky Gervais

As long as they keep the important themes -- a job, work, a boss going through a mid-life crisis, trying to make a difference, being stuck somewhere you do not necessarily want to be.

People complain their bosses never give them positive reinforcement, ... I say to them: 'If you think you get too little recognition, think of your boss. He or she gets less.'

Johnny Damon

Any day we get through without injury, The Boss is going to be happy.

Andrei Gromyko

An exchange of ideas occurs when you take an idea to your boss and you come back with his idea.

The smart employee understands the boss's temperament and style. You want to move to being a partner from being just another worker. You want to become part of a high-performance team, and you want your boss to depend on you to deliver consistently high effort and offer good ideas.

Ricky Gervais

a friend first, and a boss second, entertainer third.

David Beckham

The most important thing is that he is the right man for the job. I know the majority would prefer an English boss and we have got some good English bosses out there, but there are also some great foreign managers.

Tell your boss you're after a tax-effective way to save more. There are enough different options. And there are easy, cheap ways to do it.

Tell your boss what you think of him and the truth shall set you free.

There will come a point in time when you've so thoroughly communicated your vacation plans that your boss can't really interfere without feeling terrible (or at least refunding those nonrefundable fares).

Daniel Drew

That's who our boss is. Our philosophy is that we work for the customer.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.

Demetri Martin

I don't want to be my own boss. I want to be my own colleague.

Daniel Handler

I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!

Ted Cruz

What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.