Appointed Quotes

250 quotes by 211 authors

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it. — Henry David Thoreau
These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end. — William C. Bryant
It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and… — Edward Everett
I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me… — Lauren Potter
I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College. — Martin Ryle
The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about… — Morley Safer
The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. — William Greider
Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on… — Ogden Nash
More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament… — Garry Kasparov
I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover… — John Sherman Cooper
We had a big controversy in the United States when there was a limited number of dialysis machines. In Seattle, they appointed what they called… — Ezekiel Emanuel
It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker. — Gough Whitlam
While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If… — William Kristol
In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but… — Andrew Jackson
Man was appointed by God to have dominion over the beasts, and everything a man does to an animal is either a lawful exercise or… — C.S. Lewis
I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come with… — Sinclair Lewis
Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go. — Thomas Carlyle
Work in some form or other is the appointed lot of all. — Anna Brownell Jameson
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways. — John Milton

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