Piers Anthony Quotes

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad.

They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.

The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.

The teachers are getting screwed, blued, and tattooed by the system.

I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.

We've been in that situation where you're just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.

The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation time to deserving employees until three years later. Unfortunately, later is now.

Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance.

I've had a disproportionate share of interaction with jerks.

There will always be voices that basically say: Unless it's the perfect solution, we want no solution. That is unrealistic.

The role model thing gets imposed on you by someone else. I don't think that's fair.

First, the media blames us stars for not doing more films. But when we are shooting, you want us to take a break. Not fair!

Precedents establish expectations of what is fair. Does fairness require the perpetuation of unfair, unwise, or even dangerous past precedents?

I pass my days in a state of exasperation. First, with the fools who do not want any of the things that ought to be done, and second, with the equally obnoxious fools who insist upon so much that they cannot get anything done.

In film, normally what happens is that not many people work more than once. Normally, it breaks couples. It doesn't make them.

Being asked to memorise a script in one day when you have dyslexia is the same as having a broken foot and being asked to dance. You have to make exceptions for it.

The government is a terrible employer, and that goes for national service jobs as well.

If people think the boss is manipulating them to get them to work harder, it backfires.

A number of former Wells Fargo employees have described their work environment characterized by intense pressure to meet aggressive and unrealistic sales goals. In a 2010 letter to shareholders, Mr. Stumpf wrote that Wells Fargo's goal was eight products per customer because eight rhymed with great.

There can be an extremist idea of purity. It's so easy to fall afoul of the ridiculously high standard set there.

It's very easy to make poor choices and have bad swings every now and then.

I always loved the Yorkshire members and was passionate about playing for the county, but the people who were running the club made it at times unbearable for me. The rulers had a history of doing what they wanted and sacking players seemingly on a whim.

In the life of a director - these days in particular - when it really does take so long to do a movie, with a few exceptions, actors may never work with a director again, even if they're great friends.

You can learn a lot about good management by working under someone who is a bad manager.

Let me put it like this: I am not prepared to officiate over on behalf of the British government what I think is a disastrous strategy which will impact on some of the most vulnerable and poorest people within our society.