Management quotes

“The government has been mismanaged. I will lend the money, but only on condition that His Excellency withdraw and place the government in new hands.”

Margaret Dumont - Mrs. Gloria Teasdale

“When I'm in office it's going to be just like the 80's. The top 10% will get richer and the other 90% can emigrate to Mexico where they can get a better life.”
Ron Silverin - McComb

“The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you. I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a...” (continue)(continue reading)
Michael Douglas - Gordon Gekko

“I'm running this place. I'm good at it. Did anybody ever think I was good at anything? I sure didn't.”

Jessica Lange - Babs

“- Jameson - Bank Director: Will you stop blaming Trenholm! It isn't his fault.
- Gault - Bank Director: When a bank closes because of mismanagement, who is to blame?
- Vanderlure - Bank Director: All of us are to blame! You can't hold one person responsible.”
Edward Van Sloan - Jameson - Bank Director
Reginald Mason - Gault - Bank Director
Charles Sellon - Vanderlure - Bank Director

“It's a very difficult job and the only way to get through it is we all work together as a team. And that means you do everything I say.”
Sir Michael Caine - Charlie Croker

“I am not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it. I don't know where I lost it. I don't think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job... and I don't want it.”
Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby

“I wrap the cake up in my vomit bag, and voila!... Breakfast! Conservation, Managing resources... that is the key to Baseball.”

Daniel Stern - Brickma

“- Steve Nebraska: Al, you're like a dad to me.
- Al Percolo: But I'm not your dad. I'm just a guy taking 15 percent.
- Steve Nebraska: I thought it was 10.”
Brendan Fraser - Steve Nebraska
Albert Brooks - Al Percolo

“You're in management now. If everybody loved you, you'd be doing something wrong.”
Robert Duvall - Bernie White

“Now as my manager it'll be much easier for you to rob me!”

Tyrone Power - Juan

“I'm a manager, not a pimp!”
Martin Ritt - Burly DeVito

“In the days of the free market when our country was a top industrial power, there was accountability to the stockholder. The Carnegies, the Mellons, the men that built this great industrial empire, made sure of it because it was their money at stake. Today, management has no stake in the company! All together, these men sitting up here own less...” (continue)(continue reading)

Michael Douglas - Gordon Gekko