Chief Quotes

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Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities. — Jane Jacobs
We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if… — Chief Joseph
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny… — John Stuart Mill
Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are accustomed to live in hopes of good weather, a good harvest, a nice love-affair, hopes of becoming rich or getting the office of… — Anton Chekhov
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll… — Frederick Buechner
FAUSTUS. [Stabbing his arm.] Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee, I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood Assure my soul to be great… — Christopher Marlowe
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be… — Albert Einstein
How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodyâ€™s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception… — Jonathan Swift
Hence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are. — Desiderius Erasmus
...the chief cause for the impending collapse of the world - the cause sufficient in and by itself - is the enormous growth of the… — Pentti Linkola
One of the chief things which my typical man has to learn is that the mental faculties are capable of a continuous hard activity; they… — Arnold Bennett
[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called… — Jane Austen
At home, besides being Peter or Jane, we also bear a general character; husband or wife, brother or sister, chief, colleague or subordinate. Not among… — C.S. Lewis
To some I am known as Chief. And these are usually people who work in Radio Shack or try to sell me shoes. To others… — Demetri Martin
Don't think she can breathe over there, chief." drawled Shaun. "Pretty sure she hasn't kicked the oxygen habit yet.. — Mira Grant
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people;… — J C Ryle
Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its… — Peter Benchley

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