Department Quote by Ambrose Bierce

An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right

— Elbert Hubbard

Executive: a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right.

— Kin Hubbard

An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

— John Henry Patterson

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

— James Cash Penney

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant…

— Mignon McLaughlin

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

— Garet Garrett

The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability.

— Evan Esar

“Executive power thus could be exercised adjacent to legislation without actually trespassing on legislative power. The executive, for example, could make regulations and interpretations…

— Philip Hamburger

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep…

— Theodore Roosevelt