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When I was a kid, I asked my grandmother why there was a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day but no special day for children. She told me that every day was children’s day. Many people in the workplace may have that same sentiment about bosses—they make the big bucks and get to push everyone around all day after all. But nonetheless, today is National Boss Day and here are some quotes to further recognize the head honchos of the world.
1. “Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.”
–Doug Larson
2. “The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”
–Lee Iacocca
3. “The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.”
–Bill Kurtis
4. “The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his boss.”
–Diane Ravitch
5. “By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.”
–Robert Frost
6. “A boss in heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore if God did exist, he would have to be abolished.”
–Mikhail Bakunin
7. “A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have, so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.”
–Charles Erwin Wilson
8. “A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.”
–Harry S. Truman
9. “And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee...It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.”
–Hugh Grant
10. “Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.”
–Robert Frost
11. “At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.”
–Ted Rall
12. “Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.”
–Donald Rumsfeld
13. “Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.”
–Robert Greenleaf
14. “He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.”
–William Feather
15. “I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising.”
–Leo Burnett
16. “If you think your boss is stupid, remember: You wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter.”
–John Gotti
17. “If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.”
–Bill Gates
18. “In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.”
–Woody Allen
19. “My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless.”
–Jay London
20. “No man goes before his time—unless the boss leaves early.”
–Groucho Marx
21. “Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.”
–Earl Wilson
22. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
–Theodore Roosevelt
23. “Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.”
–James Levine
24. “The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.”
–Ted Rall
25. “The first thing the secretary types is the boss.”
–Donald Trump
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