Chiefs Quotes

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The wedding is the chief ceremony of the middle-class mythology, and it functions as the official entrÃ©e of the spouses to their middle-class status. This… — Germaine Greer
The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more… — Jan Neruda
Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence, — Calvin Coolidge
If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I… — Bob Riley
The habit of giving up when the present task is half ï¬nished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure. — Christian D. Larson
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the… — James Burnham
Yes, I have actually mined coal, and distilled liquor, as well as seen a girl in a pink dress, and seen her take it off.… — James M. Cain
NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they… — Ambrose Bierce
Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce. — Larry Gelbart
The three chief causes of divorce are men, women, and marriage. — Evan Esar
Crime in the city streets is more than a political issue. It's a too rampant fact.... In Indianapolis they have come up with a most… — Malcolm Forbes
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that… — Baron de Montesquieu
My idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in the centre but… — Charles Handy
I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the… — Scott McClellan
Able Danger was a top-secret military planning operation, established in '99 by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to identify cells of al-Qaida… — Curt Weldon
For people who dont know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming.… — John Barrasso
I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that is things that they had… — P D Ouspensky
A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with… — C. Wright Mills
Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty. — Barry Goldwater

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