Presided Quotes

25 Presided quotes by 24 unique authors

Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any thing on earth'... — William Blake
The God of hell should be held in loathing, contempt and scorn. A god who threatens eternal pain should be hated, not loved; cursed, not… — Robert Green Ingersoll
One may well find oneself beginning to doubt whether all this could conceivably be the product of an enormous lottery presided over by natural selection,… — Jacques Monod
There are several realms which ordinary persons do not perceive. Because they cannot see them, that doesn't mean they don't exist. One of these realms… — Thrangu Rinpoche
All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity… — Fulton J. Sheen
Can a president who’s presided over, and possibly encouraged, Chinese-style surveillance of The Land of the Free honestly expect to serve out his full term? — Damian Thompson
Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because God… — Frederic Farrar
As I presided over Massie's execution, I thought about the abuse and neglect he endured as a child in the foster care system. We failed… — Jeanne Woodford
As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, 'Is the world safer because… — Jeanne Woodford
PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided… — Ambrose Bierce
The Fed was largely responsible for converting what might have been a garden-variety recession, although perhaps a fairly severe one, into a major catastrophe. Instead… — Milton Friedman
Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mind of… — Percival Lowell
Dreams have a poetic integrity and truth. This limbo and dust-hole of thought is presided over by a certain reason, too. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year of the handler,… — Evan Thomas
I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president. — Alexander Haig
The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that… — Sam Harris
Who knew that better than I, who had presided over the death of my own body, seeing all I called human wither and die only… — Anne Rice
Yeah. And Savitar predates him. He has presided over this council since the very beginning, and notice, Savitar looks about thirty. We don’t know what… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I often went to Catholic mass or Eucharist at the Episcopal church, nourished by the symbol and power of this profound feeding ritual. It never… — Sue Monk Kidd
George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D.… — John Lewis Gaddis
From the Medicare prescription drug plan to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the passage of No Child Left Behind, President Bush… — Chuck Todd
Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his… — Tim Johnson
The Church is presided over personally by Jesus Christ. — Richard G. Scott
At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history… — John Strachan

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