Boss Quotes

Christmas 1972 was a lonely time for Kissinger, as well as for his boss, and a period of serious reflection. Kissinger was then a bachelor, enamored of the tall, elegant, but elusive WASP Nancy Maginnes, but still very much a bachelor - Washington's most sought-after bachelor.

~ Alistair Horne

The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

~ David Eddings

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.

~ Charles Erwin Wilson

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

~ Robert Frost

I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

~ Talib Kweli

I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing.

~ Sophia Amoruso

The president says, 'What difference does it make what you call the enemy?' Are you kidding me? As an intelligence officer, I would never get away with that. I could never say, 'Well, you know, boss, I don't label this enemy that we're facing.'

~ Michael T. Flynn

My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.

~ Jet Li

No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early.

~ Groucho Marx

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

~ Robert Frost

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

~ Nicki Minaj

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

~ Tom Colicchio

Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.

~ Naomie Harris

One of the most amazing things about my job is that I have arguably, maybe not even arguably - definitively - the best boss on the planet. Shonda Rhimes is the best.

~ Kerry Washington

More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.

~ Gabriel Heatter

I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.

~ Simon Cowell

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Do any of us actually want to live in a world where your boss can decide that he or she is morally opposed to mental health care? What if your employer was morally opposed to getting x-rays or antibiotics? How about just being forced to disclose your private medical information to your employer?

~ Richard Carmona

A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss.

~ Tina Fey

It's not like a boss and artist relationship; it's like a big brother to a younger brother relationship, and he's a great guy. So big shout-out to Akon and the Konvict Muzik crowd.

~ Wizkid

When your boss and colleagues care enough to invest in your health, it is good for you and the business.

~ Tom Rath

Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!

~ Viswanathan Anand

If you have a negative thought - 'I can't stand my boss' - it perpetuates a negative worldview. But if you supplant each negative thought with three positive ones, you begin to restructure your brain.

~ Goldie Hawn

I'm a spoilt brat. I thought I was just going to walk in and make movies. But I'd been my own boss for so long that all of a sudden to be facing a roomful of people who were niggling over every little scene... I just thought I'd go back and draw my comics and have a happy life.

~ Frank Miller

I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.

~ Ralph Lauren

It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting gay marriage or same-sex partner rights if they can't do so with a pseudonym.

~ Rebecca Mackinnon

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

~ Harry S Truman

President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.

~ Chris Rock

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

~ Andrew Cuomo

More than half of people who leave their jobs do so because of their relationship with their boss. Smart companies make certain their managers know how to balance being professional with being human. These are the bosses who celebrate an employee's success, empathize with those going through hard times, and challenge people, even when it hurts.

~ Travis Bradberry

My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.

~ Federico Fellini

The relationship between you and your boss will change over time. When you just started out, that boss was your mentor and took you under their wing. As a seasoned employee, though, you no longer need your boss to guide you along. You should be able to handle tasks on your own.

~ John Rampton

Nothing shatters the relationship between you and your boss like you failing to meet expectations, deadlines, and goals.

~ John Rampton

Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just as hard to work for as the volcanic boss, and both can do great harm by setting an unhelpful example for what kind of emotional expression is expected and accepted.

~ Julian Baggini

When I get home, I'm not the boss like I am at work - I slip into a more feminine role. I take everything off and put on my Stella McCartney silk robe. I'll put on a red lip or red nails, and it lifts my mood. Sexy underwear also gives you a spark.

~ Miranda Kerr

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

~ Ruth Reichl

One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.

~ Caitlin Moran

I was into the Mets because my Dad worked at IBM where he got free Mets tickets, so I was into the Mets... then I got to 'Saturday Night Live' where my boss has unbelievable N.Y. Yankees tickets, so he invites us to the games. I'm going to all the games, so I might as well root for the team I'm gonna go sit with.

~ Jimmy Fallon

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

~ Jenna Bush