Quotes about Executive

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. Votes: 4

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. Votes: 4

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. Votes: 4

Executive: a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right. Votes: 3

When direction and meaning are confined to Executive Leadership, value is minimized. Votes: 3

Monitor, transparently, and enforce the separation of Democracy powers: Legislative; Executive; Judicial Votes: 3

The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war. Votes: 3

A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. Votes: 3

On August 28, 1933, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6260, outlawing the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own gold. Votes: 3

Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA. Votes: 3

Executive power in any nation arguably has more in common with executive power in another country than with the citizens it should serve. Votes: 3

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president. Votes: 3

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch. Votes: 3

As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires. Votes: 3

William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia in April of 1841, after only one month in office, was the first Chief Executive to hide his physical frailties. Votes: 3

I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services. Votes: 3

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it. Votes: 3

While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain Executive Branch materials and information will continue. Votes: 3

We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body Votes: 3

Question Period is not part of the legislative process,and has nothing to do with it. It is a means of monitoring the Executive that the Government cannot evade. Votes: 3

I took a look around the office. ... I walked out and closed the door behind me. I knew that I would not be back there again." (On leaving the Executive Office Building) Votes: 3

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation. Votes: 3

The power of declaring war being with the Legislature, the Executive should do nothing necessarily committing them to decide for war in preference of non-intercourse, which will be preferred by a great many. Votes: 3

It is placing the Executive and the Movement in an absolutely wrong position to be hawking your conscience round from body to body asking to be told what you ought to do with it. Votes: 3

It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged in depriving citizens of the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution. Votes: 3

February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II. Votes: 3

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation. Votes: 3

The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. Votes: 3

[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War. Votes: 3

When I was doing 'Executive Orders,' I talked about Ebola to people who know about infectious diseases and their use as weapons of war, and guys told me that these weapons are more psychological than physical. Votes: 3

Women administer the home. They set the rules, enforce them, mete out justice for violations. Thus, like Congress, they legislate; like the Executive, they administer; like the courts, they interpret the rules. It is an ideal experience for politics. Votes: 3

For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is time for the Assembly and Executive to be up and running and the people's business to be addressed. Votes: 3

Perhaps the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair...it would be difficult to imagine a man less fit to guide the state with honor and safety through the stormy times that marked the opening of the present century. Votes: 3

It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation may differ in their own house but they have instant solidarity in the presence of foreign attack Votes: 3

I do think it's true that a huge amount of the oversight that the White House engages in with respect to the Executive Branch is out of fear that somebody's going to do something crazy and drive the president off a cliff. Votes: 3

I'm Chief Executive Officer at Art of the Olympians Museum in Fort Myers, Florida, which was founded by my Mexico City teammate Al Oerter and his wife Cathy in 2005. It shows that Olympians can have another life; we have got art from more than 100 Olympians. Votes: 3

To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers. Votes: 3

One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell them about our parliamentary democracy - and I often do that as I'm walking into an Executive Council meeting next door! Votes: 3

A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions. Votes: 3

Executive producers don't have to do anything. Nor do any kind of producers. They just sit around on deck chairs watching stuff, and if it gets cold, they leave. Actually I suppose as a producer you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems. Votes: 3

[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch. Votes: 3

In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to the Nation the blessings of peace. The Legislature alone can interrupt those blessings, by placing the Nation in a state of War. Votes: 3

The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never be exercised except in cases of clear violation of the Constitution, or manifest haste and want of due consideration by Congress. Votes: 3

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist. Votes: 3

There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that's the way we live. We're a free people. And that's the wonderful thing about our country. Votes: 3

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. Votes: 2

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive. Votes: 2

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip. Votes: 2

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. Votes: 2

I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy. Votes: 2

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate. Votes: 2

I started doing motivational tours. I've seen all kinds of people, from the CEOs to the lowest executive, opening up to their fears. We don't introspect as much as we should. Votes: 2

I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. Votes: 2

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Votes: 2

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. Votes: 2

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I don't want to be a great executive without being a great mum and a great wife. I don't want to look back and say I wish I had done things differently. 'Balance' is a really big word for me. Votes: 2

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand. Votes: 2

I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work. Votes: 2

Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged Bush to take a stronger stand against what Cheney sees as congressional intrusions into the executive branch. Votes: 2

The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means to defend themselves against tyranny. Any proposal to abuse executive power and infringe upon gun rights must be repelled with the stiffest legislative force possible. Votes: 2

Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina. They know nothing about that, they don't go to church, and they make their decisions about what they think is right. Votes: 2

In many cases, Obama's exercise of authoritarian power is criminal. His executive branch is responsible for violations of the Arms Export Control Act in shipping weapons to Syria, the Espionage Act in Libya, and IRS law with regard to the targeting of conservative groups. Votes: 2

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. Votes: 2

As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights. Votes: 2

Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s could be easily replaced, if not by your average Joe, then by your average executive vice-president. But Jobs genuinely earned the label of superstar. Votes: 2

I want 'Vogue' to be pacy, sharp, and sexy - I'm not interested in the super-rich or infinitely leisured. I want our readers to be energetic executive women, with money of their own and a wide range of interests. There is a new kind of woman out there. She's interested in business and money. Votes: 2

The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly. Votes: 0

Decision making is the specific executive task. Votes: 0

No executive devotes effort to proving himself wrong. Votes: 0

Civilization has developed executive powers far beyond its understanding. Votes: 0

Action orientation is the mark of the superior executive. Votes: 0

European affairs are no longer reserved for the executive. Votes: 0

Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government. Votes: 0

You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life. Votes: 0

A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. Votes: 0

I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation. Votes: 0

The state is the executive committee of the ruling class. Votes: 0

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere. Votes: 0

The peculiar danger of executive power is that it executes. Votes: 0

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people. Votes: 0

War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement Votes: 0

Either an executive can do his job or he can't. Votes: 0

When you are an executive, my friends, that is not leadership. Votes: 0

I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second. Votes: 0

[Hillary] Clinton has also pledged to add a third executive amnesty. Votes: 0

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. Votes: 0

It's important to use executive orders. Every president since Washington has. Votes: 0

Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Votes: 0

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective. Votes: 0

A good executive goes around with a worried look on his assistants. Votes: 0

I have a duty to protect the executive branch from legislative encroachment. Votes: 0

The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability. Votes: 0

Donald Trump is gonna immediately start canceling some executive orders and repealing Obamacare. Votes: 0

The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times. Votes: 0

An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right Votes: 0

A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates. Votes: 0

... a meddler who cannot leave his subordinates alone is a hands on executive. Votes: 0

Behind every piece of bad content is an executive who asked for it. Votes: 0

Donald Trump is gonna immediately start canceling some executive orders and repealing Obamacare. Votes: 0

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. Votes: 0

As the leader of twelve apostles, even Jesus had more executive experience than Obama. Votes: 0

Not one Wall Street executive has been charged with crimes since the 2008 financial crash. Votes: 0

At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one. Votes: 0

Any chief executive who hires a consultant to give them strategy should be fired. Votes: 0

Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has. Votes: 0

I have got five minutes, some whip-its, and the key to the executive bathroom. Votes: 0

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor. Votes: 0

American businesses are looking for are certainty and executive orders don't really get them that. Votes: 0

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws. Votes: 0

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor. Votes: 0

An administration without a police executive is powerless and there were many proofs of this. Votes: 0

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. Votes: 0

An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic. Votes: 0

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. Votes: 0

What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant. Votes: 0

An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. Votes: 0

Show me an executive that works long hard hours and I'll show you a bad executive. Votes: 0

The world increasingly allows girls to be whoever they wish to be-- homemaker, mother, secretary, executive. Votes: 0

We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business. Votes: 0

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well. Votes: 0

The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer. Votes: 0

Donald Trump also will repeal all these executive amnesty orders that President Obama has put into place. Votes: 0

The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action Votes: 0

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards. Votes: 0

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records. Votes: 0

It's quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future. Votes: 0

The ultimate test of a finished account executive is his ability to write a sound marketing plan. Votes: 0

I came to understand that the words executive and corporate never belong next to the word chef. Votes: 0

An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short. Votes: 0

I believe that I have the executive experience and the ideas and the proven record to fix things. Votes: 0

Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it. Votes: 0

Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold. Votes: 0

I will cancel every illegal Obamacare executive order. I will cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities. Out. Votes: 0

The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts. Votes: 0

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. Votes: 0

For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners. Votes: 0

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician. Votes: 0

[Barak] Obama's immigration behavior, executive amnesty, this DREAMer stuff - everything he's doing - is outside the law. Votes: 0

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. Votes: 0

Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries. Votes: 0

I don't want to be a great chief executive without being a great mum and a great wife. Votes: 0

[Barak] Obama's immigration behavior, executive amnesty, this DREAMer stuff - everything he's doing - is outside the law. Votes: 0

I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive. Votes: 0

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid. Votes: 0

Any executive, any CEO should not have 1 management style. Your management style needs to be dictated by your employee. Votes: 0

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets. Votes: 0

The first thing [Donald Trump] is going to do is roll back the fiat executive orders that were unconstitutional. Votes: 0

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive. Votes: 0

The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. Votes: 0

The hardest thing for a chief executive to do is to tell someone that they don't have a job anymore. Votes: 0

Donald Trump is speaking on behalf of the White House, of the executive branch of the United States. Credibility matters. Votes: 0

The large executive chair elevates the sitter. and it is covered with the skin of some animal, preferably your predecessor. Votes: 0

I was the editor of the News of the World; I was the editor of the Sun and chief executive. Votes: 0

Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism. Votes: 0

North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine. Votes: 0

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution. Votes: 0

Hillary CLinton wants to expand illegal executive amnesty, which would be really - shred - it would shred our Constitution. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] can do it [build the wall] by executive order by just re-programming money within the within the Immigration Service. Votes: 0

I and others on FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with selection of South Africa as host nation. Votes: 0

Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of the Congress Votes: 0

When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day Votes: 0

My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer. Votes: 0

Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television. Votes: 0

The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take. Votes: 0

I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive. Votes: 0

My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do. Votes: 0

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances. Votes: 0

If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization. Votes: 0

I used to do a stunt in almost every movie. When I became an executive, all the insurance guys freaked out. Votes: 0

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people. Votes: 0

In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything. Votes: 0

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. Votes: 0

I really liked 'Super 8'. If Steven Spielberg is an executive producer of anything, you know that it's going to be amazing! Votes: 0

Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. Votes: 0

Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.' Votes: 0

Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it. Votes: 0

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. Votes: 0

The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock. Votes: 0

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected. Votes: 0

What [President Donald Trump] is doing is taking away the executive overreach that President [Barack] Obama did which we thought exceeded his powers. Votes: 0

I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students. Votes: 0

The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence. Votes: 0

The school-room sends men to the Legislature, to the bench, and the executive office. The bar-room sends them to the scaffold and hell. Votes: 0

What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing. Votes: 0

A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service. Votes: 0

...every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned. Votes: 0

Everybody is looking for a hit single but what the artists really need is an executive producer to help put better albums out. Votes: 0

When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes. Votes: 0

As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.' Votes: 0

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation. Votes: 0

I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host. Votes: 0

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. Votes: 0

Axilor Ventures helps startups to improve their odds of success, and I look forward to supporting the executive management of Axilor with this vision. Votes: 0

When a company seeks a new chief executive officer, or a university a new vice-chancellor, enormous trouble is taken to find the best person. Votes: 0

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. Votes: 0

Any company executive who overcharges the government more than $5 million will be fined $50 or have to go to traffic school three nights a week Votes: 0

When you're building a company, you need to continually strengthen every component - finance, strategic partnerships, executive team, and relationships with every last constituency. Votes: 0

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity. Votes: 0

Almost always, executive orders are within an authority and always within the purview of Congress to change if they want to legislatively change it. Votes: 0

David Stern might be the smartest executive in the history of professional sports. His obsession with the Vagrant Kings is one of the strangest stories. Votes: 0

Tried to find me an executive position, but no matter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius. Votes: 0

What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you. Votes: 0

An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people. Votes: 0

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage. Votes: 0

Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to. Votes: 0

I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. Votes: 0

Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start. Votes: 0

The executive moves we are announcing today will strengthen American for the long-term future and reflect well on the depth of the Company's management team. Votes: 0

A dream of mine is to become an executive producer and writer. I would love if that ended up happening to me in the future. Votes: 0

The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong! Votes: 0

... Gunpei Yokoi, asked his boss, 'What should I make?' Nintendo chief executive Hiroshi Yamauchi replied, 'Something great.'Game Over Nintendo's Battle to Dominate Videogames Votes: 0

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier. Votes: 0

I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to the contrary, notwithstanding. Votes: 0

As I understand it, a born executive is a guy who, when anything difficult or unexpected happens, yells for somebody to come and help him. Votes: 0

The average vice-president is a form of executive fungus that attaches itself to a desk. On a boat this growth would be called a barnacle. Votes: 0

Wall Street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. No bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. Votes: 0

Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity of the organization. Votes: 0

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give. Votes: 0

The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations. Votes: 0

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country. Votes: 0

The do-not-call registry is still being challenged in court. Yet, the conclusions of the American people, the legislative branch, and the executive branch are beyond question. Votes: 0

To me, Los Angeles and California and executive power are about big, open warehouse buildings. Tech companies are buying oversized buildings, because they project growth immediately. Votes: 0

I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet. Votes: 0

The House of Representatives, which was closer to the population, had much less power. The executive was more or less an administrator, not an emperor like today. Votes: 0

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches. Votes: 0

We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature, executive and judiciary and police. Votes: 0

Women account for about 70% of Africa's food production and manage a large proportion of small enterprises. They are also increasingly represented in legislative and executive leadership positions. Votes: 0

I learned I'm not a good executive. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want to do. Votes: 0

His [Donald Trump] name is on everything. He is a celebrity. But he is not a governor. He has never run government. He is a business executive. Votes: 0

When you look at "American Crime" and you have the character Terri LaCroix is a pharmaceutical executive - why does that character always have to be white? Votes: 0

My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand. Votes: 0

Here is the reality-as I've been saying for longer than I can remember, Scott Walker is a mediocre county executive who has risen far beyond his talents. Votes: 0

It's important to distinguish the soul from the spirit, or will, because the will or the heart or the spirit is the executive center of the self. Votes: 0

The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias. Votes: 0

Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee. Votes: 0

Consider Ireland.... You have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and in addition the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question. Votes: 0

To those in the executive branch who say 'just trust us' when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications, I say, 'Remember your history.' Votes: 0

Quite often there's a great deal of disagreement within the executive branch about what we should do. Some cases are pretty straightforward, but a lot of them aren't. Votes: 0

It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood. Votes: 0

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit. Votes: 0

The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive took a couple of hundred years. Votes: 0

If you are a middle manager avid to begin a quality initiative in a company ruled by an executive from the old school, look elsewhere for a job. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency. Votes: 0

To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool. Votes: 0

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest. Votes: 0

Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest. Votes: 0

Under unitary executive theory, the [George W.]Bush administration has claimed the right to seize American citizens in the United States and imprison them indefinitely without a charge. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a just and fair method of exercising the tremendous power that interventionism puts into the hands of the legislature and the executive. Votes: 0

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust. Votes: 0

Hold at least one all-hands meeting every quarter and, to underscore the startup's team concept, make sure at least one additional executive joins you in leading the meeting. Votes: 0

I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an executive producer who didn't understand their comedy or their sensibility. Votes: 0

The economy is very different in the world that we're living in. And I think Americans are looking for executive leadership that actually has some experience of creating jobs. Votes: 0

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. Votes: 0

I would sign an executive order protecting religious liberty, our first amendment rights, so Christian business owners and individuals don't face discrimination for having a traditional view of marriage. Votes: 0

They were...well, Beautiful People! - not 'students', 'clerks', 'salesgirls', 'executive trainees' - Christ, don't give me your occupation-game labels! We are Beautiful People, ascendant from your robot junkyard. Votes: 0

An executive might have a very strong intuition that a given product has promise, without considering the probability that a rival is already ahead in developing the same product. Votes: 0

One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer not an exhibitor'. Votes: 0

We have new rules that give shareholders the ability to vote on executive compensation. We have new rules for asset-backed securities. We have new rules around credit rating agencies. Votes: 0

In business, there's a constant focus on developing strategies, reviewing executive performance against those strategies each year, engaging with opposing or different points of view, and having intellectual dialogue. Votes: 0

The TV generation is postliterate and retribalized. It seeks by violence to scrub the old private image and to merge in a new tribal identity, like any corporate executive. Votes: 0

This is what everybody's forgetting about [Barak] Obama and his immigration law and his executive action and his amnesty on it, the Supreme Court decision. Immigration law is settled. Votes: 0

This is what everybody's forgetting about [Barak] Obama and his immigration law and his executive action and his amnesty on it, the Supreme Court decision. Immigration law is settled. Votes: 0

It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it. Votes: 0

My mother is a special education teacher but also an artist, and my father an advertising executive. They are about as wacky as you can get without being alcoholics. Votes: 0

The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men. Votes: 0

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States Votes: 0

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. Votes: 0

Airport Cars UK are always helpful and on time when we go on holiday. They have also done themselves proud with the executive people carriers at my sister-in-law's wedding Votes: 0

I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant. Votes: 0

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] not going to be sitting in studio acting as the executive producer of The Apprentice. I think that's Mark Burnett and that's the way it's going to be. Votes: 0

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits. Votes: 0

I've come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important. Votes: 0

[John Adams] experience with the French philosophers only convinced him further of the need for a bicameral legislature representing the two principal social orders and, equally important, an independent executive. Votes: 0

In short, it's a great economy if you're a high-level corporate executive or someone who owns a lot of stock. For most other Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport. Votes: 0

No one's ever going to make a PG-13 animated film unless David Fincher executive produces it and puts it out on Netflix, and then if it's a success everyone will change. Votes: 0

The writers on my team and the producers and executive producer should be called talent. We anchor four hours on Saturday and three on Sunday. How they do that astonishes me. Votes: 0

When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens. Votes: 0

I do not mean to suggest for a moment that all it takes to be a top executive is a custom-tailored European suit. You also need the correct shirt and tie. Votes: 0

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or even abuse the limits of their power. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Taxes are the source of life for the bureaucracy, the army and the court, in short, for the whole apparatus of the executive power. Strong government and heavy taxes are identical. Votes: 0

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer. Votes: 0

Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright? Votes: 0

We will immediately terminate President [Barack] Obama's two illegal executive amnesties in which he defied federal law and the Constitution to give amnesty to approximately five million illegal immigrants, five million. Votes: 0

Somehow, the company must stay true to the founding vision while avoiding the pitfalls of rapid growth - and perhaps survive the hiring of a previously successful executive who doesn't work out. Votes: 0

We already have immigration law, and it is being violated. Obama's executive amnesty is not the settled law. [Barak ] Obama's executive amnesty is outside the law, and that's why it's been stayed. Votes: 0

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real. Votes: 0

There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the promotion of the unitary executive. That's one factor. Votes: 0

Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by financial fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's wrong, Votes: 0

As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal. Votes: 0

...I've learned exactly who the enemy are. I easily recognize them-business-suited in their modern American executive guise, each boss two feet taller than I am and impossible to meet eye to eye. Votes: 0

We already have immigration law, and it is being violated. Obama's executive amnesty is not the settled law. [Barak ] Obama's executive amnesty is outside the law, and that's why it's been stayed. Votes: 0

If the president uses executive orders to legislate new laws, that would be an example of him subverting legislative power from Congress, and might be considered a gross perversion of the Constitution. Votes: 0

Zuckerberg had the good sense to know both his own limitations and interests. He wanted an executive who would free him to do what he loved: code, and enhancing the Facebook platform. Votes: 0

As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color. Votes: 0

We have learned how to develop five-minute and even one-minute managers. But we would do better to ask ourselves what it takes to be an executive who helps build a better future. Votes: 0

A representative assembly, although extremely well qualified, and absolutely necessary, as a branch of the legislative, is unfit to exercise the executive power, for want of two essential properties, secrecy and dispatch. Votes: 0

I don't think we've ever had a president who has more disdain for Washington than Barack Obama does, and he does things with executive orders or rules that you don't even see. Votes: 0

I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects. Votes: 0

No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one. Votes: 0

Studios are an assembly line. They can be a very good assembly line. As a producer, you concentrate on one project at a time. As an executive, you're in charge of a slate. Votes: 0

On various shows, I've been the producing-director, the executive producer-director; and if you were working with the material you love with the right group of people, it's an incredible job to be doing. Votes: 0

Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Votes: 0

We see President [Donald] Trump actually reclaiming the proper role of the executive, and undoing a lot of damage that was done to the economy through excessive executive action by President [Barack] Obama. Votes: 0

Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors when it comes to the CEO's pay. Votes: 0

Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has in part contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer. Votes: 0

I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist. Votes: 0

There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. Votes: 0

There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. Votes: 0

It is a commonplace executive observation that businesses exist to make money, and the observation is usually allowed to go unchallenged. It is, however, a very limited statement about the purposes of business Votes: 0

For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA. Votes: 0

My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate. Votes: 0

The president began this program by executive order. He should immediately end it by executive order. For over a year now, he has said the program is illegal, and yet he does nothing. Votes: 0

So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state sovereignties are represented; and the national sovereignty, as such, has no representation. Votes: 0

The most important work of the executive is to identify the changes that have already happened. The important thing . . . is to exploit the changes that have already occurred and to use them as opportunities. Votes: 0

President Obama's executive actions give work permits and federal entitlement benefits to people illegally in America - in direct violation of the laws passed by Congress. This undermines the entire constitutional system of government. Votes: 0

The "executive producer" title either means that you're the person who created, or co-created, the show, or you're the person who's in charge of day-to-day operations. Whereas "producer" is often just a writing credit. Votes: 0

These niggaz ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government. Don't matter if you Independent, Democrat or Republican, Niggaz politickin' the street, get into beef, Start blastin'...now a new cat is executive chief. Votes: 0

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage. Votes: 0

The extraordinary power of influence is now within everyone's reach. Recent graduates, executive assistants, project managers, and business leaders can all benefit from Monarth's simple steps for 'getting everyone to follow your lead.' Votes: 0

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years. Votes: 0

Im very excited to work with everybody on The Bridge - the cast, the writing staff, the executive producers - the show is really good. Im very lucky to be a part of it. Votes: 0

. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments. Votes: 0

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one. Votes: 0

Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet. They, because they want to get their films made, they censor it. Votes: 0

Things get better when Joy hears about a televised way to sell products and makes a connection with QVC. She convinces an executive there, played by Bradley Cooper, to let her appear as herself. Votes: 0

There was a general sense that if you were going to get close enough to a CBS executive to tweak his nose, you'd only have one hand free because you were holding your own. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Leadership is not about executive position or title. It is about connection and influence. At its highest, leadership is all about adding value to the world and blessing lives through the work you do. Votes: 0

If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama. Votes: 0

Governor Romney has been a great success in business. He has been a great success as executive, as governor of Massachusetts. I think that's the kind of guy we want in the White House. Votes: 0

I always wanted to find my voice and claim my tone, but I was doing it through the steps of being a TV writer. I had the executive producer title. I was running the room. Votes: 0

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. Votes: 0

It has absolutely no meaning to me to be an executive producer on a film that I have nothing to do with except come to the wrap party or the premiere on; it's just meaningless. Votes: 0

There are lots of brownfield sites in Stoke, but they are not suitable for building executive homes. It needs to be surrounded by fields. It needs to be on greenbelt land. That's what executives want. Votes: 0

Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was because I was the only girl who could survive so many bad pictures. Votes: 0

Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power. Votes: 0

Nowadays, if a studio assumes that his film is bad, there is always an executive that gets more nervous than usual and thinks that if they change the music, the film will become a masterpiece. Votes: 0

Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age. Votes: 0

SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage of the budget and a tiny percentage of the personnel. Votes: 0

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government. Votes: 0

Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, presidents have understood that the Supreme Court cannot make a law. They cannot make it. The legislature has to make it, the executive branch has to sign it and enforce it. Votes: 0