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Boss Quotes - Page 2

Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.

Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman (2014). “First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

You can't arrest me. I'm the Cake Boss.

"Cake Boss' Star Pleads Guilty to DWI: 'One is Too Many'". www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 1, 2014.

Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.

Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears (2002). “Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness”, p.73, Paulist Press

The fact is that, under a capitalistic system, the ultimate bosses are the consumers. The sovereign is not the state, it is the people.

Ludwig Von Mises (2006). “Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow”, p.21, Ludwig von Mises Institute

I don't have any special passion for politics, it being a never-ending merry-go-round of bosses big and small, all generally mediocre. I actually find it boring.

"Elena Ferrante: 'Anonymity lets me concentrate exclusively on writing'". Interview with Deborah Orr, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2016.

It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most.

"Kanye West to L.A. Trade-School Grads: It's a 'Tough World' When You're 'the Absolute Best'" by Jocelyn Vena, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 30, 2015.