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Chief Executive Quotes

Leading from the top office

One leader admits reaching the top job with no prior political grounding at all, while another explains how a prime minister effectively runs the country's day-to-day show.

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and...

Quotes by Tom A. Watson

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

Quotes by Stuart Rose

Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA.

Quotes by Steve Largent

Back Quotes

Eventually, I'd like to have some sort of role like a chief executive in a football club.

Quotes by Robert Green

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

Quotes by Pete Rozelle

Some scholars argue that although the brain might contain neural subsystems, or modules, specialized for tasks like recognizing faces and understanding language, it also contains a part that constitutes a person, a self: the chief executive of all the subsystems.

Quotes by Paul Bloom

Throughout every presidency since the heist of our country from indigenous peoples, the black American experience has been exceptional in its discomfort. And no chief executive of this great nation has, in earnest, developed a unique plan to remedy that...

Quotes by Patrisse Cullors

We have parliamentary democracy. It is the prime minister who runs the show, who is the chief executive of the country. The president must have powers defined under the 1973 constitution, nothing more.

Quotes by Nawaz Sharif

Business Quotes

In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than...

Quotes by Naftali Bennett

I am honoured to be appointed as the first chief executive of UKRI. My ambition is to make UKRI the world's leading research and innovation public funding agency.

Quotes by Mark Walport

A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build...

Quotes by Marcy Kaptur

We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.

Quotes by Maggie Hassan

I was 25 when I was made director of marketing at 'Newsweek.' I was 29 when I was made chief executive officer of Kaplan Educational Centers. I was raised to be confident.

Quotes by Jonathan Grayer

Chief Quotes

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.

Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President Trump chose a different route. He did not give a stirring speech of unity or create a national...

Quotes by John Dickerson

The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.

Quotes by Joe Lhota

The chief executive officer is also the chief sales officer. He or she is responsible for the success of the company and making a profit. The closer the CEO is to the everyday selling process, bringing in business, the more...

Quotes by Jeffrey Gitomer

The bar for a chief executive of a public corporation to repudiate a United States president is extraordinarily high. Corporate leaders aren't given their power, prestige, responsibility, and nine-figure pay packages to use the corner office as their personal soapbox.

Quotes by James B. Stewart

City Quotes

It's often said that the most important qualities in a chief executive are character and judgment.

Quotes by James B. Stewart

Frequently Asked Questions

What do chief executive quotes typically address?
Reaching top leadership roles, the realities of political or corporate power, and managing diverse teams.
Is there a quote about becoming a chief executive unexpectedly?
Yes, one speaker calls it a stroke of luck, good or bad, to have reached the top office lacking any earlier grounding in politics.
Do the quotes explain how parliamentary leadership works?
One does, noting that in a parliamentary democracy the prime minister effectively runs the country as its chief executive.
Is there a quote about diverse leadership teams?
Yes, a former tech-industry chief executive credits working with people from different backgrounds for opening up new possibilities.
Where can I find more quotes on leadership?
Check Business quotes for related lines on running companies and teams.

A tech-industry executive credits diverse teams for opening up possibilities — for related reading see Business and Chief quotes.