Courses Quote by Thomas A. Edison

“If the executive lets the flow of events determine what he does, what he works on, and what he takes seriously, he will fritter…

— Peter F. Drucker

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

— Evan Esar

“Being an executive doesn't require very developed frontal lobes, but rather a combination of charisma, a capacity to sustain boredom, and the ability to…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

— Oscar Wilde

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

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

— Kin Hubbard

“Executives are doers; they execute. Knowledge is useless to executives until it has been translated into deeds. But before springing into action, the executive…

— Harvard Business School Press

“Working memory involves two different but related skills. The first is the ability to hold information in mind while performing complex tasks.”

— Richard Guare

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

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by…

— Samuel Johnson