Quotes of: Chief-executive Keyword

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

James Madison

The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.

The Education of Henry Adams

The public is always relieved to find that once the chief officers of state are elected they do not sincerely want change.

Burr

Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.

Isaac D'Israeli

The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.

J. G. Ballard

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

William Blake

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.

Lewis Mumford

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

The Sign of Four

It’s a matter of dignity,” the Chief explained. “At a certain point, that’s all you have left.

The Leftovers

The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery.

Voice of Reason

If we had lost our own chief good, other people’s good would remain, and that is worth trying for.

Middlemarch

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

Oliver North

Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet.

Ruth Glick

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun.

Katy Perry

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

Lance Loud

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

Richard M. Nixon

My most important title is still “mom-in-chief.” My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.

Michelle Obama

In my first company, Seer Technologies, where I was chief technology officer, we shied away from the media. We watched every word and were guarded in front of journalists.

Vivek Wadhwa

The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din.

Ephraim Mirvis

Courage is chief among virtues. For when any virtue is challenged, it is courage alone that can restore virtue.

Omnibuses: An American Essay

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings.

Millicent Fawcett