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| Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) |
Today is “National Bosses Day”. Boss’s Day is generally observed on or around October 16 in the United States. Traditionally, employees thank their bosses for being kind and fair throughout the year. Popular ways to say “thanks” include cards, a lunch in the boss’s honor, flowers, or gift certificates. While not every boss is great some are exceptional leaders and thinkers in their field.
If your boss doesn’t have any words of wisdom for you here are some to move you. To celebrate National Bosses Day here are the top ten inspirational quotes from the greatest sci-fi companies in history.
1. “I don’t care about the past, I believe in the power to reinvent yourself.”
– Lex Luthor, CEO of LexCorp
from Superman
2. “Archimedes had it only partly right. It isn’t merely levers that are required to move the world, but also the proper incentive.”
– Susan Storm, CEO of Fantastic Four Incorporated
from Fantastic Four
3. “History is-a made at night. Character is what you are in the dark.”
– Lord John Whorfin, President or Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems
from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
4. “O freddled gruntbuggly / Thy micturations are to me / As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee / That mordiously hath bitled out its earted jurtles / Into a rancid festering…”
– Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz
from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
5. “It’s not who I am underneath… but what I do… that defines me.”
– Bruce Wayne CEO of WayneTech
from Batman Begins (2005)
6. “Men are still good. We fight. We kill. We betray one another. But we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to.”
– Bruce Wayne CEO of WayneTech
from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
7. “Forty thousand years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential.”
– Norman Osborn Founder and CEO of OsCorp
from Spider-Man (2002)
8. “When one buries a treasure, one should not leave behind a map…”
– Dr. Oswell E. Spencer President of Umbrella Corporation
Resident Evil
9. “I will settle for nothing short of greatness, or I will die trying.”
– Peter Weyland founder and CEO of Weyland Corp
from Prometheus (2012)
10. “Manure! I hate manure!”
– Biff Tannen Founder and CEO of BiffCo
from Back to the Future (1987)
11. “I think it’s time we gave something back.”
– The Old Man chairman of Omni Consumer Products
from Robocop (1987)
12. “Commerce is our goal, here. More human than human.”
– Dr. Eldon Tyrell
from Blade Runner (1982)
13. “Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?”
– Tony Stark President and CEO of Stark Industries
from Iron Man (2008)
14. “Dude, there’s a universe in all of us.”
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, founder, and owner of Planet Express
from Futurama (2003)
15. “By creating a little destruction, I’m actually encouraging life.”
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
from The Fifth Element (1997)
Which is your favorite quote? How are you celebrating National Boss Day?
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My boss and I spent the day ignoring each other. Definitely no motivational quotes there. It's weird "the Old Man" never got a real name.
Is it just because she's a woman that I choose #2 as a favorite? 🙂 Probably!
My least favorite is #12 Corporations are destroying the world and that's not a comic, that's the truth!