Chief Quotes

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this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief… — Thomas Jefferson
When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before… — Sun Tzu
It comes back to what Chief Jay Strongbow told us years ago, 'In this business you can make friends or you can make money'. And… — Scott Hall
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to… — Frank Moore Colby
I have no doubt in my mind that our chief national problems relating to the eradication of poverty, illiteracy and disease and the scientific production… — Subhas Chandra Bose
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive,… — William Cowper
Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It… — P.G. Wodehouse
Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits… — Friedrich Ratzel
Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head. — George Bernard Shaw
The chief value of the new fact is to enhance the great and constant fact of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is. — Helen Rowland
Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature. — Eric Hoffer
Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. — Umberto Eco
Your writer, your scientist, your chief official, all have lost the power to revive the early illusion concerning fame and high place. Their beauty and… — Theodore Dreiser
ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. — Ambrose Bierce
I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or… — Charles Francis Richter
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag. — Seneca the Younger
The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim. — Napoleon Hill
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every… — Henry David Thoreau
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as… — James M. Barrie

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