The Boss Quotes

Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'

I was a first time bride at 44. I had never even lived with anybody. And after running my own business for many years, I knew how to be the boss - but I had no idea how to be a good partner.

A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss!

I don't want to boss anyone and I don't want to be bossed.

The audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don't have to listen to everything they think or say.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.

As my own boss, I have the opportunity to get to work with great brands, like Old Navy, and I get to style some looks together that people can actually buy and afford.

Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.

Top managers love people and they want to be loved - it turns out being loved is good for your career, especially if you are the boss.

You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

About my boss, Tyler tells me, if I'm really angry, I should go to the post office and fill out a change-of-address card and have all his mail forwarded to Rugby, North Dakota.

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

When you have another actor as your boss, they understand how to communicate easier sometimes than just a writer.

I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any conflict with any directors because I know they're the boss.

Hey, boss. Where are you?” she asked. “I just picked up something to eat. What about professional belly dancers?” “Um, I don’t know, maybe with horseradish.

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.

For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.

Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.

The boss says that games in hand are no good unless you turn them into points. What he's getting at is that games in hand aren't much good unless you turn them into points.

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

They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

Every time I call my baby and ask to get a date, my boss says, no dice son, you gotta work late.

When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase.

You'll never get rich by working for your boss.

Luckily when you drive a cab there are two things: You don't have a boss in the cab with you, and you are not facing the people that you are making money from.

A person who has experienced something is almost always far more expert on it than are the experts.

Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.

[Eva Braun] would also refer to [Adolf Hitler] as "the boss" (der Chef), but she never called him "Adolf" or "Adi" to anyone after the very early days. It was always der Führer.

I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He certainly reminds me of someone I'm working for.

I'm the boss. I'm allowed to yell.

If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.

Just because you are the boss doesn't mean you are the source of all knowledge.

Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career.

Any gathering of people requires leadership to cohere, to achieve its potential contribution. What is not needed is a "boss" of yore, directing everyone else's efforts toward "the one best way."

Great Art is collaborative but not democratic. It’s OK to be the boss

When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.

I haven't really had too many bosses. Any bad boss I had probably was because I was a bad employee.

I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily, because they are my boss.

When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.

I would figure out, later, how to explain to my boss that, for me, Delia will never be a story, but a happy ending.

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous.

The teacher loses the position of external boss or dictator but takes on that of leader of group activities

Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because he wanted to be there. Rather than the British diplomat who didn't want to be there.

In a world of bosses, you are your own master

A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.

I'm not taking maternity leave from 'Big Brother.' I e-mailed my boss over there this weekend and I said, 'Don't worry. I can still do the show!

J.D. nodded. Yes, yes, fine, thank you. Nice attitude, by the way. Like boss, like secretary.