Famous Quotes & Sayings

Galileo Galilei

The Grand Duke [of Tuscany] ...after observing the Medicaean plants several times with me ... has now invited me to attach myself to him with the annual salary of one thousand florins, and with the title of Philosopher and Principal Mathematicial to His Highness; without the duties of office to perform, but with the most complete leisure; so that I can complete my Treatises...

Franz Kafka

Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible, then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres.

Eoin Colfer

Satan was crouched in the corner of his office, playing a gameboy, 'Die alien scum' he was saying feverishly..

George Horace Lorimer

A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.

Chris Hardwick

American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work.

We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency.

Chris Hayes

Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than $8 million so far in this race, that includes $1.3 million in rent for campaign offices, half a million for food and facilities for events, over $300,000 for corporate staffers, and nearly $6 million for the use of Trump`s private plane.

George W. Bush

I came to this office to solve problems and not pass them on to future presidents and future generations.

George R. R. Martin

Ser Barristan loves his honor, Grand Maester Pycelle loves his office, and Littlefinger loves Littlefinger.

George Carlin

If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain

Gail Sheehy

Since nobody upstages Rudolph Giuliani, his will be a Broadway-class show, perhaps his final bravura performance before November 2000, when he hopes to be turned out of the mayor's office by virtue of his election to the United States Senate.

Francis Ford Coppola

When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget.

Francis Atterbury

He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more.

Randy is qualified as a police officer for the state of Ohio, If he's called, he has got to go.

Chris Rankin

Officers immediately went to the school and everything was fine.

Nortel's Brampton office is only a shadow of what it used to be.

Ricky Gervais

So what if people think 'The Office' is better than 'Extras'? I had to do them in some order.

A lot of the stereotypes went away after Sept. 11 of us being rude and unwelcoming. For the first time, our police officers and our firefighters were a tourist attraction.

James Wallace

This is precisely what the patent office said it was going to do.

It puts officers in a situation where they have to think about protecting people or violating policy.

For Ecstasy, and for a patrol officer to get that is very big. Very, very big.

William White

For 40 to 60 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership.

There was no quid pro quo office space for cadavers. There simply wasn't.

You said this to the police officer ?

Janet Evanovich

If I gave you a pity position it wouldn't be in my office.

Jane Mayer

The smaller the office, the more power individuals with big money have.

Jane Lynch

I work with this wonderful five-piece band, The Tony Guerrero Quintet, along with Kate Flannery, who was Meredith the Drunk in The Office, and Tim Davis, who was the vocal arranger on Glee. The three of us sing, and the band is amazing. We've been working together for about two years. So, we decided to do a Christmas album in July.

Jane Porter

But the most annoying of all public reformers is the personal satirist. Though he may be considered by some few as a useful member of society, yet he is only ranked with the hangman, whom we tolerate because he executes the judgment we abhor to do ourselves, and avoid with a natural detestation of his office. The pen of the one and the cord of the other are inseparable in our minds.

Esther Williams

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.

Mo Udall

Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down.

Jay Chiat

First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to regularly when they need to brainstorm together, meet with clients, or do research in the library.

Jay Leno

President Bush has unveiled his first campaign commercial, highlighting all of his accomplishes in office. That's why it's a 60-second spot.

Buzz Aldrin

When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.