Managing Upward Quotes & Sayings

Here's what turns a successful hierarchy into one that impedes progress: when too many people begin, subconsciously, to equate their own value and that of others with where they fall in the pecking order. Thus, they focus their energies on managing upward while treating people beneath them on the organizational chart poorly. The people I have seen do this seem to be acting on animal instinct, unaware of what they are doing. — Ed Catmull

It's easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for 'A Life Less Ordinary'. — Danny Boyle

Sometimes, a word succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of its creators, like a virus sent into the world to infect common speech. — Jasper Fforde

Do you still have Ms. Dekker?
Have her, had her, going to have her again-at least he'd planned on it until the troops had arrived. — Tara Janzen

You're the best time I've ever had. — Joan Wilder

If I don't see myself as a victim, then I'm not a victim. — Noomi Rapace