Seniority Quotes

18 quotes by 15 authors

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson… — Robert Caro
Surgeon General's warning ought to read: Smoking has been determined t0 cause cancer, heart disease & rednecks with seniority. — Bill Hicks
The common objection to seniority pay is, "It's rewarding dead wood!" My response is, "Why do you hire dead wood? Or why do you hire… — Peter R. Scholtes
Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into… — Chuck Todd
Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases. — Harry S. Truman
I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older. — Meryl Streep
But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority… — Antonio Villaraigosa
Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension reform and seniority… — Antonio Villaraigosa
In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are… — W. Richard Stevens
Teaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority. — Mark Kostabi
We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no… — Nancy Pelosi
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time… — Elwyn Brooks White
In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans… — James Wolcott
I am a junior senator, ninety-fifth on the seniority list, and so by Senate standards, my office in the Russell Senate Office Building is less… — Jim Webb
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority… — John Breaux
Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based… — Scott Walker
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting… — Elwyn Brooks White
Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. — Robert Caro

Who Wrote These Seniority Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 18 Seniority Quotes as follows: