Chiefs Quotes

882 Chiefs quotes by 646 unique authors

What, did you think," she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, "that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim?" "I did not think… — G.A. Henty
What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he… — William Shakespeare
We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature. — Madeleine L'Engle
Her chief dread in life, at this period of her development, was that she would appear narrow minded; what she feared next afterwards was that… — Henry James
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and… — H. L. Mencken
She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala's… — Eva Ibbotson
When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting… — Mark Twain
Of all needs a book has, the chief need is to be readable. — Anthony Trollope
Compassion is the chief law of human existence. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
After the trial, I watched as another female pathologist collected maggots from a spinal column found in the desert. There was a decomposed head, too,… — David Sedaris
They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained ... — Anna Godbersen
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
The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by… — Mark Twain
It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and the sheer dumb… — Michael Chabon
I need those nukes, the chief said. I need them, I need them right now. I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather… — Dean Koontz
The journey homewards. Coming home. That's what it's all about. The journey to the coming of the Kingdom. That's probably the chief difference between the… — Madeleine L'Engle
He had learned well the law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe he had started… — Jack London
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility… — Ambrose Bierce
There's always time for one more pint. - Chief Inspector Morse — Colin Dexter
No wonder so many sermons are devoted exclusively to "spiritual" subjects. If one is living by the tithes of history's most destructive economy, then the… — Wendell Berry
It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works. — Isaac Asimov
My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love. — Albert Camus
To speak seriously: the standards of "goodness" which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make the world a… — Bertrand Russell
Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep, - the innocent sleep; Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of… — William Shakespeare

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