Quotes: Managers

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire, merge, downsize, terminate programs, add capacities. But there are limits to the shifts that organizations can absorb.

I’ve never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

It is up to us as lawmakers to provide the resources and streamlined processes that will enable our federal forest managers to become the best possible steward of our lands.

There are no managers like there used to be managers.

Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done – especially at these salary levels.

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.

I sometimes think I’ve needed a bit of an arm around me in my career – which I’ve not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn’t understand me.

I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with that management, and make that management take a long view.

The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.

Is puppy love the reason so many Americans are blind to the incompetence and waste of Republicans – who at a minimum are supposed to be good money managers – running Iraq reconstruction?