A Quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Board Chairman Custodian Polite

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American - Author
Born: 1940

I'm trying to figure out, Chairman of what Board? People come up to me and seriously say: 'Well, what are you Chairman of?' And I can't answer them.

Frank Sinatra

I think every responsible public board at every board meeting should be discussing succession. And, of course, Walmart has a very mature board: our chairman Rob Walton and other members. So succession is an ongoing. I think when I first joined the board of directors, it was discussed then. And it's discussed at every board meeting continually.

Mike Duke

The truth is that you are nothing more than the custodian of your inner and outer wealth while you are on this planet. All you have to decide is what kind of custodian do you want to be? Do you want to be a good custodian of your inner and outer wealth? Or a bad custodian?

Suze Orman

I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the board.

Iggy Pop

I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's chairman of the board.

Carol Bartz

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

Nancy Sinatra

The intellect is no longer the chairman of the board - it is an employee. It becomes a tool in the service of the heart.

Gary Zukav

When I discovered that I had been made custodian of this gift, in my earliest childhood, I pledged myself to God to be worthy of it, but I have received uncovenanted mercies all my life. The custodian has too often kept faith on his all-too-worldly terms.

Igor Stravinsky

Then, as she turned to walk away, Fred dropped the guillotine."So we're making Ev CEO," he said, his fork clenched in his hand. "You're going to get a passive chairman role and a silent board seat. We have some paperwork for you and a recommendation for a lawyer."Jack felt like he had just been hit in the face with a baseball bat. "Say that again," he stuttered to Fred, thinking he had heard incorrectly.Fred repeated himself almost verbatim: We're making Ev CEO. You're getting a passive chairman role. You will have a silent board seat. Here's the paperwork. Call a lawyer.

Nick Bilton

I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.

Foster Friess

I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America.

George Takei

Sometimes it looks like the board and the chairman are the worst enemy of the manager and the coaching staff, the football versus the financial side.

Mauricio Pochettino

I was, as president and chairman of the board, required by law to verify the veracity of the financial figures, the assets under management, the number of outstanding shares, et cetera.

Matt Bevin

The responsiveness of a firm to the consumer is directly proportionate to the distance on the organization chart from the consumer to the chairman of the board.