- Independent
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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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- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the assistant to the editor-in-chief of 'Esquire Magazine.' And my experience as an assistant was really best case scenario. My boss was absolutely the greatest boss I could have asked for. But I think there's something universal about being an assistant, regardless of whether or not your boss is the greatest or a complete terror.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just ask my boss - any time a major story breaks, I'm banging on his door to send me.
- Service
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seriously, how many places on this planet exist in which you get to say to your boss, 'Sorry, but I'm leaving to climb a mountain, and I won't have Wi-Fi or cell service for a week.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to boss people around. I don't get motivated by telling people what to do, I don't take any pleasure in it. So I manage with curiosity, by asking questions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people that are my friends and are easy to get along with, they make me feel like I'm a boss at loving people.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite a lot of British women stop working when they have children, and that is rarely the case in Denmark. We have a very flat, structured way of approaching everything. Nobody's the boss. In a sense, we're all equal.
- Suffering
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dan Rooney was my boss, my father, my friend, my mentor.
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.