Officious Quotes
14 quotes by 12 authors
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There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help…
— Cyril Connolly
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The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand.…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
— Edward Abbey
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Advice is offensive, not because it lays us open to unexpected regret, or convicts us of any fault which had escaped our notice, but because…
— Samuel Johnson
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She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year…
— Gene Kelly
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People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies.…
— Donald J. Boudreaux
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Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
— Samuel Johnson
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Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't feel they are getting anywhere…
— Wilfrid Sheed
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All wars of interference, arising from an officious intrusion into the concerns of other states; all wars of ambition, carried on for the purposes of…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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I like the idea of taking what is essentially a boring, officious job and turning it into something that is a fantasy, to a degree.…
— Guy Ritchie
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Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a befuddled…
— Brian Jacques
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I never thought before, that there was a woman in the world who could affect me so much by saying so little. But don't be…
— Charles Dickens
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One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful,…
— Miguel de Cervantes
Who Wrote These Officious Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 14 Officious Quotes as follows: