- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boss Quotes
Most Famous Boss Quotes of All Time!
These lines draw a sharp line between simply holding a title and actually earning respect. One contrasts a boss who is feared with a leader who is admired, while another describes a work bond that feels closer to family than hierarchy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a store full of thousands and thousands of images in my brain. I've got this terrible feeling I'm like some abattoir boss: I know death; I know the cut pieces of the human body.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found Hollywood pretty bruising and uncreative. The executives are all in thrall to the boss, and spend their times double-guessing him or her, and trying to remember what he/she said and then applying them to the script, whether it was useful or not. They're all in fear for their jobs.
- Woman
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- Nov 07, 2020
If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had a boss in my whole life. I've totally destroyed anybody's ability to tell me what to do.
- Casting Directors
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 'Homeland,' I was offered a lot of very authoritarian, square, angry boss types, but I wanted to do something different. Casting directors are surprised when they look at my CV and see all the work I've done, from Shakespeare to playing Nelson Mandela.
- Partner
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have another actor as your boss, they understand how to communicate easier sometimes than just a writer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
With grooming, less is more. I like to smell good, so will use a fragrance like Boss Bottled. I don't overdo it, but I moisturise daily, too.
A few also capture the reality of managing a room full of strong, stubborn personalities who refuse to quit. For a lighter take on the same dynamic, see Status, or explore Authority and Bossy quotes.