Any chief executive who hires a consultant to give them strategy should be fired. — Duff McDonald Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for a chief executive to do is to tell someone that they don't have a job anymore. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive. — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive. — Rebekah Brooks Copy Share Image
I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards. — Stuart Rose Copy Share Image
A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets. — Douglas Leone Copy Share Image
At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
I'm here with Howard Millar and Michael Cawley, our two deputy chief executives. But they're presently making love in the gentleman's toilets,… — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
I yearn to see other chief executives throughout the nation follow suit, so that as a people we may hasten the elimination… — Winthrop Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . .… — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
I received a phone call from the chief executive of my principal sponsor [Marlboro], who actually told me that it would be… — Ron Dennis Copy Share Image
My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
It has become the custom in our country to expect all Chief Executives, from the President down, to conduct activities analogous to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
He was a great president in his first term; in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I believe that if you go and ask a chief executive of a Goldman Sachs or a BP, and they answer you… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I have been tested in many ways, personally, I have beaten breast cancer, I buried a child to addiction. Professionally, you cannot… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Goldman Sachs was fundamentally responsible for the crash of 2008, but by that time its former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Henry… — David Icke Copy Share Image
...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The reason is still difficult to explain, but it is not complicated. That inner voice that will not be denied, once we… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, politics may just be the one realm in which having kids imposes no penalty on women. Kids are practically a… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
As we all know there have been fabulous women chief executives: Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcasm - by chief executives. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders. — Ivan Glasenberg Copy Share Image
An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. — Edward F. Hennessey Copy Share Image
Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA. — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first. — Richard Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to… — William Weld Copy Share Image
Most chief executives rise to that position by being good operating managers. Few have extensive experience or training with capital allocation. What… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
Show me a chief executive who’s on five boards and who lends his or her name, prestige and time to 15 community… — Albert J. Dunlap Copy Share Image
Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for… — T. Boone Pickens Copy Share Image
Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of… — Pete Rozelle Copy Share Image
A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful.… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
![“The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . . . The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision.” quote by Michael O'Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/michael-o-leary-14256_airline_the-unions-need-to-be-taken-on-british-a_2949153.jpg)
![“I received a phone call from the chief executive of my principal sponsor [Marlboro], who actually told me that it would be in the interests of the sport if I started to lose races. Which, I mean, just blew my mind.” quote by Ron Dennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/ron-dennis-52613_chief-executives_i-received-a-phone-call-from-the-chief-e_2290158.png)
![“[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats and Republicans alike are willing to put aside their own party's self-interest to preserve the presidency. That's been true over…” quote by Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/nancy-gibbs-2206_america_former-chief-executives-come-away-thinki_104173.png)
![“...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.” quote by James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/james-hansen-7143_accusing_chief-executives-of-large-fossil-fuel-co_1468352.jpg)
![“[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably Tory, slavishly conformist Beckham. The Reds are no longer the Bolsheviks. Nobody serious about political change can shirk the fact that the game has to be abolished…” quote by Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/terry-eagleton-1660_beckham_f-or-the-most-part-football-these-days-i_303401.jpg)
