I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy.

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other…

— Ludwig von Mises

God has delegated himself to a million deputies.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in…

— Elsie Wayne

The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and…

— Craig Johnson

He was desperate to tell his news to some other cat; he almost felt that if a mouse crossed his path he would stop…

— Erin Hunter

I'm gonna hump ya. Like Deputy Dog... Would hump ya.

— Steve Coogan

Fox dung! I'm a loyal ShadowClan cat. If I'm ever made deputy or leader it will be because I have earned it myself -…

— Erin Hunter

“Where are the deputies?' 'On their way up to the first-aid post.' 'What happened to them?' 'I did.”

— Lee Child

Jonathan is one of the most corrupt Nigerians I ever investigated while at EFCC & his level of corruption even as deputy governor is…

— Nuhu Ribadu

Conscience is God's deputy in the soul.

— Thomas Adams

In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very…

— Anatoly Chubais

He's not going to shoot us in the back by accident, is he?" Deputy Coltrain asked. I smiled, not sweetly. "He promised not to.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the prisoners who…

— Rudolf Hoss

During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

— Shinzo Abe

The distribution of tasks among the various employees follows a simple rule, which is that the duty of the members of each category is…

— Jose Saramago