Officious Quotes

14 quotes by 12 authors

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
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
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. — Edward Abbey
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
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
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
Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. — Samuel Johnson
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
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
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
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
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
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

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12 authors contributed a total of 14 Officious Quotes as follows: