Aim Quote by Richard Meinertzhagen

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

— George McGovern

I hadn't yet realised that learning to be a staff officer is something like learning to milk a cow. The novelty soon wears off,…

— Aubrey Newman

“I always love that 'we' part from a staff officer.”

— Eric Haney

“You've lost command when you ask your own staff officer to step up and he responds, "now is not a good time for me…

— Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

“According to at least one general staff officer, no one ever actually ordered the invasion of Afghanistan. Instead, between December 10 and 30, various…

— Gregory Feifer

If your memory was OK you could descend upon on a bookshop – a big enough one so that the staff wouldn’t hassle a…

— Francis Spufford

Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is a serious…

— Bob Tyrrell

We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

— Barack Obama

I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do.

— David Ogilvy

Every morning when I pick up the newspaper and read about an earthquake in Japan or problems in European financial institutions, the first question…

— Mary Schapiro

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know…

— Fernando Alonso

The Cheney team had, for example, technological supremacy over the National Security Council staff. That is to say, they could read their e-mails. I…

— Lawrence Wilkerson

My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.

— Bob McDonnell

I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in…

— Abraham Verghese

Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…

— Henry Ward Beecher