Executive Quotes

378 quotes by 303 authors

[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably… — Terry Eagleton
We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt. ... So… — Joseph Estrada
I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed… — Edward Snowden
As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.' — C.S. Lewis
I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I still have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely… — Howard Dean
I learned I'm not a good executive. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want… — Jerry Weintraub
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President… — Andrew Jackson
I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an executive producer who didn't understand their comedy… — Carol Leifer
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated… — Abraham Lincoln
I really only respect the Arab culture. I ain't really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and… — Busta Rhymes
The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power. Whether that person is a government official, a trade… — Milton Friedman
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve… — Ron Wyden
An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic. — Peter Drucker
Executive Severance, a laugh out loud comic mystery novel, epitomizes our current cultural moment in that it is born from the juxtaposition of authorial invention… — Marleen S. Barr
In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly parochial and monumentally self-absorbed tribes… — Mark Steyn
Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.' — Sheryl Sandberg
One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer… — Shirley Temple
To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system… — John C. Calhoun
The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never… — Zachary Taylor
I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. — Andrew Johnson

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