The state of matrimony is the chief in the world after religion; but people shun it because of its inconveniences, like one… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Let me tell you, honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce. — Larry Gelbart Copy Share Image
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
One of the chief motives of artistic creation is certainly the need of feeling that we are essential in relationship to the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so:… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
There's much that goes to the makin' of a man or woman into somethin' better than a brute beast, but there's three… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
I think it's good to know more than the average guy. If I'm in a bar now and some pretty girl is… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
With the Chiefs, you can't live in Kansas City and not like the Chiefs. To go catch a game at Arrowhead is… — David Cook Copy Share Image
This is the sin against the Holy Ghost: - To speak of bloody power as right divine, And call on God to… — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
What is the end of human life? It is not, believe me, the chief end of man that he should make a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Malcolm X broke with the N.O.I. in March 1964, and in that last 11 chaotic months, he spent most of the time… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
Keynes was chief economic adviser to the British government and largely responsible for keeping the British economy afloat at a time when… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves,… — Jethro Tull Copy Share Image
See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
What is the best way to look for one´s chief feature?" someone asked. Simply see yourself. I do not know how to… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Some Englishmen, of whom Kitchener was chief, believed that a rebellion of Arabs against Turks would enable England, while fighting Germany, simultaneously… — Edward Thomas Copy Share Image
The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him. — John Stott Copy Share Image
The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The laboratory routine, which involves a great deal of measurement, filing, and tabulation, is either my lifeline or my chief handicap, I… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I wonder if there's just a sense that we have nothing to learn from any Supreme Court justice, including the great Chief… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The government and its chiefs do not have the powers of the mythical Santa Claus. They cannot spend except by taking out… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The chief end of science is to make things clear, the educative aim is to foster the inquisitive spirit. — J. Arthur Thomson Copy Share Image
Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities. Prune his extravagance, sober him, and you… — William James Copy Share Image
Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move! — Howard Hawks Copy Share Image
Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
