Quotes About Management

The art of government is the art of building up team spirit.

Taking care of people, therefore, is an essential way of taking care of business.

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

Why does anyone have a lot of rules? So they can boss people around, I guess.

supervision—sprinkling

An architecture that is not documented, and not communicated, may still be a good architecture, but the risks surrounding it are enormous. —RK

Companies are run by computers. Profit margins are sliced thin. And no manager dare raise his eyes from his accounts long enough to learn the names of his staff. It's the price we pay for progress.

Every cook must learn to rule the State.

Since he's the leader of the gang, he gets to say what the

The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.

When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and—eventually—incapable of determining their own destinies. —RICHARD M. NIXON

Married women, you know, may be safely authorised. It is my party. Leave it all to me. I will invite your guests. No, he calmly replied, there is but one married woman in the world whom I can ever allow to invite what guests she pleases to Donwell, and that one is- Mrs. Weston, I suppose, interrupted Mrs. Elton, rather mortified. No, Mrs. Knightley; and, till she is in being, I will manage such matters myself.

A straightforward, open-hearted man like Weston, and a rational, unaffected woman like Miss Taylor, may be safely left to manage their own concerns. You are more likely to have done harm to yourself, than good to them, by interference." "Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to others," rejoined Mr. Woodhouse, understanding but in part. "But, my dear, pray do not make any more matches; they are silly things, and break up one's family circle grievously.

two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia's example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant

A house was never taken good care of, Mr Shepherd observed, without a lady:

There are only two ultimate public powers in shaping and running American cities: votes and control of the money.

Our failures with city neighborhoods are, ultimately, failures in localized self-government.

She said, "Some are born bossy, some achieve bossiness, and some have bossiness thrust upon them.

I worry whoever thought up the term 'quality control' thought if we didn't control it, it would get out of hand.

When something needs to be ironed I put it in the ironing basket. If a year goes by and the item is still in the basket I throw the item away. This is a good system since eventually I end up only with clothes that don't need ironing.

There are four ways to manage stress. There's drugs, there's alcohol, there's sex, and there's doughnuts. I go with sex and doughnuts. I tried the other two and it wasn't any good. You being in a dry spell, you might have to rely on doughnuts.

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