A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
老板
Boss
I've never wanted to be the boss.
我从来就不想当老板。
Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
你的老板只是个凡人，只想从你这里得到最好的。
Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.
你真正的老板是那个在你眼皮底下晃来晃去的人。
In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
在我家里我是老板，我妻子只是决策者。
OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.
好吧，老板，我不介意洗牌，但我不会抓我的头。
If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.
如果人们认为我只是老板的女儿，那他们就错了。
It turns out I'm not very good at working with a traditional boss.
原来我不太擅长和传统的老板一起工作。
We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.
我们一开始是老板兼球员，威灵顿几乎和我父亲一样。
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
如果你认为你的老师严厉，等你有了老板再这样想。他没有任期限制。
Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.
经理们不像以前那样有那么多的影响力。我们不能当老板。
Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.
没有什么比看着你的老板做你向他保证不会做的事情更尴尬的了。
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
除非他训练下属承担他的大部分责任，否则他不是一个真正的老板。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.
公司过去能够与专制的老板共事。我们不再生活在那个世界上了。
The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.
作为老板，你要做的一件重要的事情就是设定标准。当你走进办公室说“这次我们不计较了”的那一刻，你就设定了一个新的标准，那就是更低的标准。所以你不能这么做。
Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him.
事实上，我开始成为一名演员是因为我遇到了一个朋友，我发现他的生活很美好，我想，天哪，你可以旅行，你可以自由，你可以做你想做的，你是老板。然后我遇到了一个演员，我爱上了他。
I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang.
我不认为自己是老板。我唱歌、写歌，如果是别人写我唱的歌词，我会觉得很奇怪。
Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.
老板，生活就是麻烦。只有死亡不是。活着就是解下你的腰带，去寻找麻烦。
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
只有一个老板。客户。他可以把钱花在别的地方，把公司里从董事长到每一个人都炒了。