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Officious Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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…
- Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
More Officious Quotes
- There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving… — Cyril Connolly
- The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much… — 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… — 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… — Gene Kelly
- People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain… — 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… — Wilfrid Sheed
- All wars of interference, arising from an officious intrusion into the concerns of other states; all wars of ambition, carried on for… — 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,… — Guy Ritchie
- Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole… — Brian Jacques
- I never thought before, that there was a woman in the world who could affect me so much by saying so little.… — Charles Dickens