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Management Quotes

On the people and decisions that steer a company's fortunes.

These quotes treat management as the real variable behind a business — one naming it as decisive for how a company fares, another describing the grind of commuting for a management job, a third noting how a company's model reaches beyond simple retail. See Business quotes.

Growth is kinda built into everyone's genes. It's built into management's genes, the salesman's genes, the investors' desires. People expect companies to grow.

Quotes by Andy Grove

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

Quotes by Andrew Lo

Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.

Quotes by Andrea Mitchell

I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of...

Quotes by Anatoly Chubais

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

Quotes by Amelia Barr

There are a lot of bands and performers whose careers are permanently derailed by spectacularly bad management.

Quotes by Amanda Marshall

For value investors, General Motors is a tempting target. The company's share of the North American auto market has steadily declined for two decades, and analysts say the company suffers from weak management and unexciting cars.

Quotes by Alex Berenson

Iraq is short on capital, short on electricity, and short on management expertise, but it does not lack economic enthusiasm.

Quotes by Alex Berenson

The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

Quotes by Al-Waleed bin Talal

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.

Quotes by Al-Waleed bin Talal

When I am not acting, I am in depression, and then I do depression management.

Quotes by Akshaye Khanna

I think it's embarrassing for our industry that we have such low diversity across senior-level management at all of the mainstream, top-tier venture capital firms.

Quotes by Aileen Lee

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "management" quotes cover?
It ranges from calling management "the key to a company," to a personal commuting story at Waste Management, Suning's tech-driven management approach, and a wry line about brilliant management meeting a bad-economics business.
Does a quote say management is the most important factor in a company?
Yes: "Look first at management. That's the key to a company."
Is there a personal story about working at Waste Management?
Yes: "Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work."
Does a quote describe a company's management as tech-focused?
Yes: "Suning from a management concept and technology point of view isn't simply an appliance company."
Is there a witty observation about management versus a bad business?
Yes: "When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact." See the Business collection for more.

One line observes that brilliant management can outlast a business with weak economics, a sharper claim than the usual leadership platitude — explore Best and Like quotes for more.