Managers Quotes · Page 43

I've been very fortunate and privileged as a player and manager - I've been successful and picked up a lot of knowledge…

— John Toshack

I think a lot of the more successful artists of our time basically have barracudas for managers

— Robben Ford

There's a tendency at the senior and middle-manager level to be too big-picturish and too superficial. There is a phrase, "The devil…

— Andy Grove

I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few…

— Burton Malkiel

We don't have an isolated group [of senior managers] surrounded by servants. Berkshire's headquarters is a tiny little suite. We just came…

— Charlie Munger

He shouldn't have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for…

— Franz Beckenbauer

An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance…

— Henry Mintzberg

Now, the engineers and managers believe with all their hearts the glorious things their forebears hired people to say about them. Yesterday's…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“As managers rise up the hierarchy, a host of situational forces come to bear on them which can easily undermine their respect…

— Dean M. Schroeder

In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different…

— Jens Lehmann

The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone…

— Stella Adler

I want to be a manager for new artists, get real estate.

— Lil Boosie

A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands…

— Jose Mourinho

Managers must see themselves as experimenters who lead learning, not dictators who impose control.

— Peter R. Scholtes

A manager sets objectives - A manager organizes - A manager motivates and communicates - A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures -…

— Peter Drucker

Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they…

— Marc Andreessen

“One of my astronomy managers used to tell me that liquid nitrogen was harmless and was just liquid air. He would pour…

— Steven Magee

For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.

— Larry Eisenberg

I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who…

— Lily Allen

Economic liberalisation has seen a big and often well-deserved spurt in executive compensation, especially for professional managers.

— Sucheta Dalal

Who is his manager? Milton Bradley.

— Edge

When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of…

— Rex Smith

There are the Podesta emails we've been publishing. [John] Podesta is Hillary Clinton's primary campaign manager, so there's a thread that runs…

— Julian Assange

What managers decide to stop doing is often more important than what they decide to do.

— Peter Drucker

Managers are the basic and scarcest resource of any business enterprise.

— Peter Drucker