Chief Quotes

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The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the… — Joseph Rotblat
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. — Max Eastman
The literal record was not a hopelessly and imperfect fraction of truly insensible gradation within large populations but an accurate reflection of the actual process… — Stephen Jay Gould
Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society. — C. Everett Koop
Every work of science great enough to be well remembered for a few generations affords some exemplification of the defective state of the art of… — Charles Sanders Peirce
The eye, the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding can most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of Nature;… — Leonardo da Vinci
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always… — Kenneth Oppel
War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief… — Mark McKinnon
Where land mines are indiscriminate, cheap, and brutal, drones are discriminate, expensive, and brutal. And yet they are insufficiently discriminate: the assassination of the Taliban… — Teju Cole
One of the chief characteristics of a mob is its quickness. It is sudden. It pounces. — Teju Cole
By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately,… — Nikola Tesla
Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other journalists. — Julian Assange
Given that my title at Google is Chief Internet Evangelist, I feel like there is this great challenge before me because we have three billion… — Vint Cerf
A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win. — Oliver North
Governments, whether right or left, have become commissioners-in-chief, nudging and cajoling networks into preferred business models without the slightest sensitivity or awareness of what the… — Armando Iannucci
In my first company, Seer Technologies, where I was chief technology officer, we shied away from the media. We watched every word and were guarded… — Vivek Wadhwa
I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the… — Charles B. Rangel
Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United… — Joe Pitts
When a company seeks a new chief executive officer, or a university a new vice-chancellor, enormous trouble is taken to find the best person. — Richard Dawkins

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