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Boss Quotes
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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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- Counterpoint
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a boss takes guts and tenacity. Being a boss takes hustle and strength. Getting to the level of boss takes hard work - often times, harder than our male counterpoint because in many industries, we're fighting our way into a boys' club.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked with many great assistants to Sir Alex Ferguson over the years. Yet sometimes a manager's second-in-command is more suited to that role than any other. You confide in them - you tell them things that you would not tell the manager - and they are that bridge between the boss and the players.
- Nov 07, 2020
I work directly for the boss. I listen to everybody, but I have one man whose voice is louder than everybody else's.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cut out the free feed for the boss hogs at the public trough and the spill-over they've been leaving us. We'll manage.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you have to remind people you're the boss, I don't think you're going to be a very effective leader.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't come naturally to me, being the boss and telling people what I want. I find it very taxing and tiring. I love getting to be way down the line in the decision-making chain.
- Deficient
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- Nov 07, 2020
While it can feel unfair to have to make a career decision because of a morally deficient boss, doing so can sometimes lead you in the right direction, if a bit faster than you otherwise would have preferred.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neoliberalism has left Britain's boss classes drunk on triumphalism, paying themselves record salaries and bonuses while their workers are imprisoned by poverty and insecurity. It was never going to last.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 14, I had a job in a cake shop. I got caught by the boss, lying down eating cake, and was sacked on my first day.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalism is not what it used to be. I thought it was an important job, but it is not. I'm idealistic, and it pretty much upsets me that negativity sells and that even if I wanted to tell the truth, I wouldn't be able to if my boss does not okay it.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little brother up, just putting on shows, singing and dressing up.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses.
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.