Jim Butcher Quotes

I don't think I am very easy to work for because everything has to be just right or we don't put it out. But at the same time, all the people that work for me have a "no asshole" rule, if you're a jerk you're fired, so it's a great team and a lot of skillful people at the top of the game, anybody from management to the agents to the publicists to the day-to-day website stuff and it's just a great team.

The Dilbert Principle: People are idiots.

Nobody in show business can possibly get away with making fun of their boss.

I think we've all worked with that person at the office who takes themselves and their job so seriously.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

I was still working at Google when I wrote the blog post '10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.' I was scared to share it at first because I didn't want my coworkers to think that I was making fun of them - which I totally was. But then afterward I had people coming up to me like, 'I have a meeting trick! Put my meeting trick in your next post!'

People only call you 'my dear' when they are irritated with you.

Thank you for your input; I can tell you are struggling towards being interesting.

I just bought a great gift for my boss - a leaky ant farm.

I'm learning all the right vocabulary words - 'You're right, I'm wrong.'

Maitre D' : I appreciate your understanding. Ferris: Don't think twice. It's understanding that makes it possible for people like us to tolerate a person like yourself.

The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.

I'm trying to feel sorry for you, really I am,"North said."If you wait just a moment I'm sure the tears will come.

I think you've got something there, but I'll wait outside until you clean it up.

Anyplace of work where you have a cross section of work, you have mini-ecosystem. A little representation of what the planet is. You have the Alpha Dog. You have the young ones, the old ones. The pissed off one. The quiet one.

Molly blinked, then looked at Thomas and said, "Wait a minute.... We're his flunkies." "You, may be," Thomas said, sneering. "I'm his thug. I'm way higher than a flunky." "You are high if you think I'm taking any orders from you," Molly said tartly.

The more I think you over, the more it comes home to me what an unmitigated Middle Victorian ass you are!

Every year my boss used to give me a bottle of expensive brandy because I'd told him that my doctor suggested a drink once in a while. This year my boss gave me the name of a new doctor.

Yes, I can talk and think at the same time. Most people can, though I suppose you wouldn't know that from personal experience. Elena (Bitten)

Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this. "Nice socks." Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none.

I think one should be antagonistic to one's underlings. It keeps them on their toes. ~Soi Fon

I have never fired anyone or kept anyone because of ratings or because of entertainment. I keep the people that I think are the best.

They ask me what the biggest thing I have going on right now is, and I usually say, "I think this interview?" And then they don't get that it's a joke. So then I say, Yogi Bear 3D. That's my default.

Yes, Harry, blessed as I am with extraordinary brainpower, I understood everything you told me. I think you might even consider the possibility that I understood more than you did.