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- What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on… — Charles Dunoyer
- I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts. — Sebastian Pinera
- Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. — Ambrose Bierce
- The ‘I’ character in journalism is almost pure invention. Unlike the ‘I’ of autobiography, who is meant to be seen as a… — Janet Malcolm
- LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another… — Ambrose Bierce
- Only those are called liberal or free which are concerned with knowledge; those which are concerned with utilitarian ends... are called servile...The… — Josef Pieper
- Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director,… — Arthur Middleton