Quotes About Management

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say, "My men were beaten," he says, "I was beaten."

The art of dealing with people is the foremost secret of successful men. A man's success in handling people is the very yardstick by which the outcome of his whole life's work is measured.

No matter how much a man can do, no matter how engaging his personality may be, he will not advance far in business if he cannot work through others.

The reward of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.

The buck stops here.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Writing, when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

Would you want to rule the world? Eve asked Roarke. Or even the country? Good God, no. Too much work for too little remuneration, and very little time left over to enjoy your kingdom. He glanced over. I much prefer owning as much of the world as humanly possible. But running it? No thanks.

a leader should never delegate that which he had not done before and done well.

He wore command as he wore his suit—a good fit with clean lines.

The vices of authority are chiefly four: delays, corruption, roughness and facility. Francis Bacon

I want to give someone a job. Doing what? That's the thing. I don't know. And actually, I want YOU to give someone a job. His eyebrows rose. You want me to give someone a job doing... you don't know what? What's the point of having somebody who employs half the planet anyway if you can't say, 'Give this girl a job'?

The vices of authority are chiefly four: delays, corruption, roughness and facility. Francis Bacon More

politics?" "A necessary evil that on rare occasions works without corruption, abuse, and waste.

Yeah, okay, that's how I was leaning. I thought about Oberon, how she ran her department, all those cops—and used her handpicked to run her dirty cop sideline.

You need to relax. Maybe we should stop at a bar for alcohol first. For me or for them? For them, of course. It's important to get them loaded early in the day. Makes them easier to control.

Me being in a managerial position has never crossed my mind. Even in the twilight of my career.

After raising twins, you get organized.

A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, 'Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!' We don't really get to watch much TV, man, with the concerts every night, but I wish I could have seen it. I really just found out through Twitter and my management texting me. I thought it was really awesome.

The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is what all the other artists are doing. You need to be doing it also.' I didn't really have a clue what is was.