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Executive Quotes by Warren Buffett
- Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors…
- Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk,…
More Executive Quotes
- Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects,… — Thomas Jefferson
- ...every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and… — George Monbiot
- I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records. — L.A. Reid
- I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- To be worthy of the name, an experimenter must be at once theorist and practitioner. While he must completely master the art… — Claude Bernard
- 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
- I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time… — Sam Walton