Office Quotes · Page 52

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

I've never encountered someone in public life who has less desire to hold office than Michelle Obama, though she is incredibly gifted…

— David Remnick

You do need these people to go out on a limb for you, thinking you're right for a role rather than having…

— Alden Ehrenreich

It's what I say all the time to my girls in the office here: The more they dress for sex, the less…

— Miuccia Prada

China is both an adversary, but also a potential partner in the international community if it's following the rules. So my attitude…

— Barack Obama

The person who really needs the psychotherapy (...) is not the homosexual youngster who gets dragged to the psychiatrist's office by his…

— Frank Kameny

A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished…

— Ambrose Bierce

Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as…

— Laura Hillenbrand

I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's…

— George W. Bush

If somebody harbours delusions, I think that should disqualify them from office, regardless whether the delusions are religious. Letting someone who thinks…

— John F. Kennedy

A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of…

— Nicholas Fairbairn

As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I…

— Jack Abramoff

The first week or day that Obama was in office, he made it clear that peace in the Middle East would be…

— Reza Aslan

It is often said that the Japanese are extremely clean at home, or inside any house or office, but dirty and untidy…

— George Mikes

Nothing against Bob Dole but it's a different era now. They have no idea what we are facing. They act like this…

— Rush Limbaugh

When Donald Trump was running for office, he made big claims about how he was going to fight for workers. But since…

— Heidi Shierholz

The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in…

— William Shakespeare

The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that…

— Anne Hutchinson

I know what it's like and how hard my assistants work, and I try to treat them as fair as possible and…

— Brad Goreski

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard…

— Sugata Mitra

The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and…

— Anonymous

I believe that Hillary Clinton is one of the best prepared people in our history to enter the Oval Office, with her…

— Nancy Pelosi

If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is…

— Ted Cruz

We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but…

— Michel de Montaigne

Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I'm in…

— Nick Cave

The shock of the new after the biggest upset in American political history, this unforgettable, once unimaginable image Donald Trump side by…

— George Stephanopoulos

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession…

— Aristotle

“And does Alan have a last name?" I asked. "Probably," said Curtis, "but we have a 'if you have to ask, you…

— Aldous Mercer

They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude…

— John Calvin

A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the…

— Plato

A few places are especially conducive to inspiration - automobiles, church - public places. I plotted Couples almost entirely in church -…

— John Updike

I have given money to the Obama campaign online and now they bombard me with emails every day. Why did I do…

— Anne Heche

I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and…

— Dan Aykroyd

“I’m not a number. I’m a free man. And here is a pot plant, novelty coffee mug and a framed picture of…

— The Prisoner

I think the people who work with me are people who love style themselves. I'm leaving the office and they're still working.…

— Ralph Lauren

MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in…

— Ambrose Bierce

Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby…

— Caroline Paul

The approach to the offices of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and…

— Eisaku Sato

The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes…

— Morley Safer