Top 10 Michael Scott quotes

Who doesn't love Michael Scott from The Office? He certainly wasn't a conventional manager but he never failed to make us smile. We've collected our favourite "Michael Scott Words of Wisdom" in the hopes that you'll get as much joy from them as we do.

1. Top 10 Michael Scott Quotes

2. An employee will go home and ask his neighbor, “Hey, did you get an award?” “No man. I mean I slave all day and no one notices .” Next thing you know, he smells something funny from his neighbor’s house. Neighbor hanged himself due to lack of recognition.

3.  Do I want to be feared or loved? That’s a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me!

4.  Abraham Lincoln once said that “If you’re a racist, I will attack you with the North,” and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace.

5. When I was Ryan’s age, I worked in a fast food restaurant to save up money for school. And then I lost it in a pyramid scheme. But I learned more about business right then and there than business school would ever teach me.

6. Why do you think so many businesses moved to the Caymans? Inventory is boring. In the islands they don’t make you do stuff like take inventory.

7. Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, “Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.”

8. I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I'm going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.

9. You may look around and see two groups here; white collar, blue collar. But I don't see it that way, and you know why not? Because I am collar-blind.

10. Well there has been a lot of talk about new ideas today. Well new ideas are fine, but they are also illegal because they are a form of ageism. What? Yes, I am right.

11. Make friends first, make sales second, make love third. In no particular order.

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