Secretary Quotes · Page 3

My dad was a civil servant, and my mum was a secretary.

— Julia Davis

What's the point in having a company of secretaries?

— Bob Geldof

It's always a difficult time to be secretary general.

— Kofi Annan

Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.

— Brenda Blethyn

During the 1990s, I served in the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the nation's 25th secretary of agriculture.

— Mike Espy

I do not go lightly. If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of…

— Kevin Shelley

As secretary of state you can go out in a helmet if you want to. Even in Switzerland in front of reporters.

— Rachel Maddow

All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.

— Anonymous

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

— Madeleine Albright

I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . They are the most interesting ones.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state

— Dean Rusk

I was one of the most visible and vocal advocates of Secretary Hillary Clinton.

— David Brock

I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think…

— Madeleine Albright

New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that he is open to letting transgender people serve in the military. He said there's no…

— Jimmy Fallon

The biggest challenge of being the press secretary is trying to be aware of all of the things that are happening, both…

— Josh Earnest

And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and…

— George W. Bush

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility…

— Louis A. Johnson

One of the issues that I've raised on the Foreign Relations Committee, and I raised it when Secretary Locke came for his…

— Jim Webb

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I have to say, that I am delighted that Secretary [Hillary] Clinton month after month after month seems to be adopting more…

— Hillary Clinton

And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the…

— William A. Rusher

After college, I went to San Francisco and worked as a secretary in a reinsurance company. That was a pretty dismal job.…

— William T. Vollmann

We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to…

— Charlie Brooker

I have been tested. I have beaten breast cancer. I have buried a child. I started as a secretary. I fought my…

— Carly Fiorina

The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates…

— Madeleine Albright

When I left the secretary of state office, I had a 69% approval rating. Once I start running for office and all…

— Hillary Clinton

I lived at admiralty house from 2002 until 2006 on advice from special branch on security grounds as defence secretary. The alternative…

— Geoff Hoon

I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of…

— Barack Obama

I served as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. Let me tell you, it's tough to find out what the CIA is doing.…

— Arlen Specter

I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked…

— Barack Obama

First Russians objective was - as I said earlier - to sow discord, discontent, disruption. And their next objective was - because…

— James R. Clapper

I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to…

— Ronald Reagan

I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do…

— Ira Glass

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

— Julianne Malveaux

Wow, the entire network of anchors has been hired to be the press secretary.

— Jon Stewart

Hillary Clinton wants a better title, and I would, too, if I was already America's secretary of the status quo.

— Mike Pence

Certainly, we shouldn't go about making a habit of taking generals and making them secretary of defense.

— Peter R. Mansoor

I congratulate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on her victory. But, I think, for us, that is about as bad as it's going to…

— Bernie Sanders

If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.

— Bette Davis

I supported Israel 100 percent as a senator for 28 years and I've supported it 100 percent as Secretary of State.

— John F. Kerry