Chiefs Quotes

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

— Voltaire

I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all…

— Morgan Freeman

The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.

— Henry Adams

Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven.

— Evan Esar

There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who…

— James Burnham

Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is…

— Bob Tyrrell

There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death:…

— Arthur Hopkins

Pure love is the chief manifestation of education.

— Sai Baba

The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent.

— Wes Smith

Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction…

— Jami Attenberg

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.

— Claire McCaskill

I'm going to be specific so you can render your verdict. Let's go to North Africa, she was the chief engineer of…

— Chris Christie

...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am…

— David Hume

When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their…

— Patrick Caddell

What, did you think," she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, "that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim?" "I…

— G.A. Henty

Through my time in the military and my deployments, I have recognized the importance of having a Commander in Chief who will…

— Tulsi Gabbard

I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.

— Baruch Spinoza

Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state.

— Sathya Sai Baba

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for…

— Jonathan Swift

I think [ chief organizer of the Democratic Party ] it's something that I have an interest in.

— Barack Obama

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget,…

— John Kasich

Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.

— Viktor E. Frankl

There were really funny characteristics about this guy [Richard Nixon], chief of which would be that he seemed to devote about 85…

— Harry Shearer

I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If…

— Lindsey Graham