Chief Quotes

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If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also. — Robert Louis Stevenson
A significant number of people believe tribal people still live and dress as they did 300 years ago. During my tenure as principal chief of… — Wilma Mankiller
MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last.… — Oscar Wilde
The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise. — William Golding
Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe,… — Peter Singer
We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count? — Louise Penny
Getting into a fight with a popular senior. Pissing off a school teacher and the local chief of police. Hanging with two major-league losers." She… — Harlan Coben
Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of… — C.S. Lewis
The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. — C.S. Lewis
Mmmm, Kate, the Chief of Security. Sexy. Who better to guard my body then the woman who owns it?" "Curran, I will punch you. — Ilona Andrews
The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. — Arthur Conan Doyle
And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which is… — Julian Barnes
A Chief must show no fear, no worry... A Chief is a leader first, and a man second... — Cressida Cowell
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully… — Marcus Aurelius
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the… — Calvin Coolidge
Iâ€™d been declaredâ€”over my loud and sustained protestsâ€”Pythia, the chief seer of the supernatural world. — Karen Chance
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom,… — Anthony Burgess
Will you accompany me in this dance?â€ he said, bowing and holding out his hand. â€œNo, thank you.â€ Miri smiled. The prince frowned and looked… — Shannon Hale
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready… — Arnold Bennett
Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk,… — Charles Dickens

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