Manager Quotes

• In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to put out. But no one was expecting it to do so well.

  

  Lewis Capaldi
  • Song
  • Expecting
  • Hindsight

• In high school I was the manager of the football team, so being around boys is natural to me!

  

  Hillary Scott Lady Antebellum
  • School
  • Manager
  • Football Team

• I've never had a manager, and I've had various agents, and, fortunately or unfortunately, I've been blessed.

  

  Rebecca De Mornay
  • Blessed
  • Unfortunately
  • Fortunately

• How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations but just thrust into the ranks as if I had been bought by a peddling shanghaier of human beings? How did I get involved in this big enterprise called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isn't it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager—I have something to say about this. Is there no manager? To whom shall I make my complaint?

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Human Beings
  • Regulations
  • Ranks

• I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!

  

  Alan Hansen
  • Records
  • Manager
  • Bob Paisley

• Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

  

  Katharine Cornell
  • Gift
  • Public
  • Authentic

• If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Up
  • Good
  • Word

• I'm much more of a realist. I'm really practical. I'm the kind of person that calls my business manager and says, OK, if it were all to end today, how many months do I have to live?

  

  Courteney Cox
  • Live
  • Business
  • Today

• When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.

  

  Steve Marriott Small Faces
  • Confidence
  • Manager
  • Concentrate

• He's an aggressive manager. Obviously, he's not afraid to make adjustments or put certain plays on.

  

  Craig Biggio
  • Aggressive
  • Not Afraid
  • Adjustments

• There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Waiting
  • Boy
  • Dog

• Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Mind
  • Respect
  • Vision

• I've not seen an effective manager or leader who can't spend some fraction of time down in the trenches... If they don't do that they get out of touch with reality, and their whole thought and management process becomes abstract and disconnected.

  

  Jeff Bezos
  • Leader
  • Fraction
  • Trenches

• I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the coin-op side of the games business very well.

  

  Nolan Bushnell
  • Business
  • College
  • Understood

• If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• My priority is to give the general manager and head coach all the resources necessary to make the Browns successful.

  

  Randy Lerner
  • Resources
  • General
  • Browns

• A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Despise
  • Acclaim

• An author who gives a manager or publisher any rights in his work except those immediately and specifically required for its publication or performance is for business purposes an imbecile.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Work
  • Author
  • Rights

• The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • People
  • Skill
  • Assignment

• I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.

  

  Alicia Keys
  • People
  • Love
  • Job

• When I was a little kid playing baseball, my manager called me Sleepy. And only a few people, who know me from way, way back, call me that still. I used to drift off and that's why they made me the catcher, so I wouldn't fall asleep. That gift I have still.

  

  Bill Murray
  • Baseball
  • Kid
  • Sleepy

• Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Good
  • Word
  • Decisiveness

• To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness.

  

  James Cook
  • Manager
  • Fairness
  • People Requires

• I have been blessed to work for so many years with great musicians. That's my joke with my manager: that I'm addicted to musicians.

  

  Kathy Mattea
  • Work
  • Great
  • Blessed

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