Famous Quotes & Sayings

No horse therefore is well dressed that is not light in hand; so that an easy and gentle bridle, but firm, is the chief secret to make a horse light.

Police chiefs like myself are going to say, 'We like our guy. Don't move him. But my interests may not be identical to the FBI as an organization. It has got to force those painful choices on its staff.

Possession of the pure synthetic specimens of the anthocyanidins and chief anthocyanins enabled my wife and me to devise quick tests for these colouring matters which can be used with the material from a few flower petals.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

On the morning of Thursday, before the chiefs sit down, all of the hostages will be released.

maximum chief of the Spanish army, in other words, the person responsible for the torturers.

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth more than ruin more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

My job now is to put the team together that will be with it right the way through to 2012 and as soon as I have found a new chief executive I will take a step back,

one of the three most important chief justices in history.

Arlen Specter

One of the things that I talked to her about was the complexity of a Supreme Court nomination hearing because there are a lot of complicated issues. And I said to her, 'You've got a pretty good road map in what went on with Chief Justice Roberts.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, / Like seasoned timber, never gives; / But though the whole world turn to coal, / Then chiefly lives.

Charles Eastman

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

Reggie Miller

We want the chief to be able to make good decisions. If the first 10 officers are all male whites and the chief says he needs more diversity, he should be able to pick another qualified officer from the list to represent this department and community.

Marty Schottenheimer

We did not lose today. We got beat. We're obviously disappointed. This was a difficult game, and the Chiefs did everything they needed to in order to win.

I am the chief executive, and I'm going to run the state until someone with the power tells me not to.

But there is a concern that GPSS, which is the largest government agency, doesn't have the guidance of a chief financial officer. They need someone to do that sort of financial management and planning to prepare for situations like this month's three pay periods.

More than 100,000 Soldiers have trained on our combat convoy simulators, mostly National Guard. About 1,000 pilots, crew chiefs and Soldiers have trained on the door-gunner simulator at Fort Hood and Fort Rucker.

Harry Reid

Now that the president has said he will nominate Judge Roberts as chief justice, the stakes are higher, ... The Senate must be vigilant in considering this nomination.

Charles Schumer

Given the even greater importance of this new position, we hope the White House will reconsider its refusal to release relevant and important documents that will shed light on what kind of Chief Justice Judge Roberts would become.

Get to know your congressmen so that they'll take your call. Develop relationships with the local fire chief or hospital administrator.

I have never declared myself an Indigenous politician; I am not an Indigenous Chief Minister.

Ricky Rudd

I have been privileged to drive for some of the best. I also want to thank all of the talented and dedicated people I have worked with in racing over the years, the crew chiefs and the crew members, who put in so much time and effort to give me competitive cars.

I do not think the media was irresponsible, because they had sources as high as the New Orleans police chief and the mayor. In fact, it would have been irresponsible not to report it.

I am delighted with this appointment. Gareth is a proven operator at a senior strategy and operational level in economic development in Wales and, as chief executive, has provided strategic direction to the WDA over the past 15 months.

John Cornyn

We should recess to pay respects to the chief justice and his family, ... But we should continue on with the confirmation hearings to make sure that there aren't eight justices on the court when the new session begins.

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

Douglas Leone

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

Chad Knaus

The crew chief nowadays ... it's not just setting up the car. It's watching the guys, making sure they're all doing it, making sure this guy is dressed right and he's clean-shaven and all that kind of stuff, all those little things that truly contribute to the performance of the team.

John Cornyn

The fact that he's now been elevated to chief justice shouldn't slow us down at all.

Julian Barnes

I was also interested in the racial side of it. Even today, the Chief of the London Metropolitan Police is trying to make the force more representative of London and there's a lot of resistance from the predominantly white force.

Dana Perino

Karl Rove is the deputy chief of staff and has not been given a special role in regards to Katrina relief.

Josh will be a policy-oriented chief of staff. I think that will be reflected in his hiring decisions.

He viewed himself as a scholar of history as well as chief justice. He loved American history.