“ The functions of an executive are to create and enforce policies rather than working out problems resulting from such policies. ”
- Louis F. Musil- Copy
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“ I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'. ”
- Chris Cooper- Copy
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“ Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be managed. ”
- Peter Drucker- Copy
- 1.6K
“ As chief administrative officer, I have to take responsibility for the failings revealed. ”
- Kofi Annan- Copy
- 2.8K
“ An overburdened, over-stretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people. ”
- Jack Welch- Copy
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“ An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. ”
- Eric Sevareid- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Bullwinkle: You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains of the outfit. General: What does that make you? Bullwinkle: What else? An executive… ”
- Jay Ward- Copy
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“ The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. ”
- Fred Allen- Copy
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“ An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. ”
- John H. Patterson- Copy
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“ Just being honest is not enough. The essential ingredient is executive integrity. ”
- Philip Crosby- Copy
- 384
“ Today I met with a subliminal advertising executive for just a second. ”
- Steven Wright- Copy
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“ 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 from meddling with them while they do it. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
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“ A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself. ”
- Arthur William Radford- Copy
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“ At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one. ”
- Malcolm S. Forbes- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment. Damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment. ”
- Sinclair Lewis- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. ”
- Edward Hennessy- Copy
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“ Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. ”
- John G. Pollard- Copy
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“ Far too many executives have become more concerned with the "four P's" — pay, perks, power and prestige — rather than making profits for shareholders. ”
- T. Boone Pickens- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right. ”
- Donald Bullock- Copy
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“ Partnering with executives and companies facing major challenges or significant opportunities to create extraordinary team focus, alignment and commitment. ”
- Jim Donovan- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. ”
- Vera Brittain- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. ”
- Harold Sydney Geneen- Copy
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“ When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
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