Chiefs Quotes · Page 22

And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A…

— Julian Barnes

No people ever recognize their dictator in advance. He never stands for election on the platform of dictatorship. He always represents himself…

— Dorothy Thompson

Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.

— C. Everett Koop

The chief characteristics of the [liberal] attitude are human sympathy, a receptivity to change, and a scientific willingness to follow reason rather…

— Chester Bowles

The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad.

— Mobutu Sese Seko

[Barack] Obama's out there saying it's the number one national security threat [climate change], and he's got his Joint Chiefs of Staff…

— Rush Limbaugh

Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several…

— Anonymous

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

— Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.

— John Stott

As commander in chief, I will not speak to Vladimir Putin until we've set up that no-fly zone; until we've gathered our…

— Carly Fiorina

Plays can outlast even the opinions of the chief film critic of The New York Times and that reviews, although they feel…

— Tony Kushner

I loved the Disney films, and Sterling Holloway was one of their chief talents. He never had to put on a voice,…

— Walt Dohrn

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence,

— Calvin Coolidge

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is…

— Charles Spurgeon

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject,…

— Adam Clymer

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and…

— Bertrand Russell

Angels are God's messengers whose chief business is to carry out his orders in the world. He has given them an ambassadorial…

— Billy Graham

Controlled, universal disarmament is the imperative of our time. The demand for it by the hundreds of millions whose chief concern is…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ghosts of melodious prophesyings rave Round every spot where trod Apollo's foot; Bronze clarions awake, and faintly bruit, Where long ago a…

— John Keats

The president of the United States is a commander-in-chief, and the president of the United States, you know, executes the laws and…

— Rick Santorum

Next to the semi-colon, quotation marks seem to be the chief butts of reformatory ardor.

— H. L. Mencken

After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His…

— Alphonsus Liguori

I have it on good authority-from the roads department chief, Mr. Arpin-that it will not snow after the fifteenth of March.

— Jean Drapeau

Who knows better than you what it means to have a commander-in-chief who lived his entire life, who lived throughout the entire…

— Bret Stephens