Top 25 Chiefs Quotes of 149 - Page 6

It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.

It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.

Legends, Century, Chiefs

For my part, I should be inclined to suggest that the chief object of education should be to restore simplicity. If you like to put it so, the chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Simplicity, Should, Chiefs

"All Things Considered". Book by G. K. Chesterton, 1908.

I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.

George W. Bush

President, Way, Chiefs

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

George Bernard Shaw

Player, Wind, Chiefs

Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our taxes?" Caesar: "My friend, taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.

George Bernard Shaw

World, Chiefs, Taxes

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.1742, e-artnow

What rare days were those, When my chief duty was to write a song.

George Arnold

Song, Writing, Chiefs

George Arnold (1866). “Drift: A Sea-shore Idyl : and Other Poems”, p.27

A man was attacking me with a wet handkerchief.

Gail Carriger

Men, Attacking, Handkerchiefs

Admiration is one of the chief delights of living.

Florida Scott-Maxwell

Delight, Admiration, Chiefs

Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.37, Knopf

I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.

Ephraim Mirvis

Next, Chiefs, Rabbi

Chief of security : They have a tank! How did they get a tank up here?

Eoin Colfer

Tanks, Chiefs, Security

"Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony". Book by Eoin Colfer, 2006.

It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.

Ellen G. White

Joy, Holy, Chiefs

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works. Jacques Barzun, 1959 all ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again.

e. e. cummings

Ignorance, Causes, Chiefs

They live in perpetual fear of the time they call "The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief

Douglas Adams

White, Handkerchiefs, Perpetual

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.163, Pan Macmillan

Achieving it is not only the chief means of adding to your regular duties.

Doug Larson

Mean, Achieve, Chiefs

The boomerang is Australia's chief export (and then import).

Demetri Martin

Australia, Boomerang, Chiefs

Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.40, Hachette UK

Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.

Conrad Black

Wealth, Chiefs

My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends.

Christopher Hitchens

Years, Chiefs, Consolation

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Mortality”, p.35, Atlantic Books Ltd

A chief does not hurry.

Chinua Achebe

Doe, Chiefs

Chinua Achebe, John Roper (1977). “The Drum: A Children's Story”

Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you.

Charles Caleb Colton

Ego, Results, Chiefs

Liberty's chief foe is theology.

Charles Bradlaugh

Atheism, Liberty, Chiefs

Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life.

C. S. Lewis

Life Happiness, Chiefs, Goods

Letter to Arthur Greeves on December 29, 1935. "They Stand Together: The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves (1914-1963)". Book by C. S. Lewis, p. 477, 1979.