Dawn Steel Quotes

Leadership and management are not synonymous.

People have no idea how much I hate this job.

I don't like having managers.

Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.

I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

There are no managers like there used to be managers.

I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

I hated my teachers because I knew they didn't care, and I knew they had no control over me, so I hated them even more.

I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

Let me control personnel, and I will ultimately control policy.

They must be governed by and be subordinate to you.

I am conscious each time I ask a question that there is a deep resentment in the heart of the railroad official at being compelled to answer; but that he is compelled to, he recognizes.

Screw the cabinet and the rest of those. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve made the speech now and let the rest of them – if they like it, fine. But no more suckin’ around. From now on they come to me. I’m sick of the whole bunch.

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

When I was captain, John Wright was making all the decisions and I followed like an obedient student.

Life is too short to have anybody named McMahon in mine.

I'm really not convinced I want to be a manager at all. Managers are just wide open to abuse.

One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.

Every day when I get home from work, I feel so frustrated, my boss is a jerk.

How I hate everything!

I've got news for you... both those idiots [Al Snow and the Rock] aren't your friends! They hate you! Everybody hates you! All the people at home, all these people in the arena hate you, and most importantly, Y2J hates you!

If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.

A man must keep an eye on his servants, if he would not have them rule him.