The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.
The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.
The chief al Qaeda recruiting tool is the net.
Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.
Chief of Staff: Anything else? Robert Wakefield: No, Sir.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Chief Insp. Hubbard: Sooner or later, he'll come back here. As I've pinched his latch key, he'll try the one in the handbag. When that doesn't fit, he'll realize his mistake, put two and two together, and look under the stair carpet. Mark Halliday: I...
Quint: [referring to a cut on Brody's head] Chief... don't you worry about it, Chief. It won't be permanent. Wanna see somethin' permanent, boom-boom-boom? [Quint pulls out a false front tooth and laughs] Quint: Hey, Hoop, you wanna feel somethin' pe...
[reading Hummel's file] Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair: Three tours in Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm; three Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars and the Congressional Medal of - Jesus. This man is a hero. General Al Kramer: Well, I think "legend"...
General Al Kramer: Wait a minute. What is the potential casualty rate for a single rocket armed with VX poison gas, General Peterson? General Peterson: Sixty or seventy... Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair: Well, that's-that's not so bad. General Peters...
That which we most desire, we worship as our god; for that which is chiefly desired is the chief good in his account, who so desires it. And what he counts his chief good, that he makes his god. Desire is an act of worship . . . and to be most desire...
Hiccup: [at Stoick's funeral] I'm sorry, Dad. I'm not the chief that you wanted me to be and I'm not the peacekeeper I thought I was. I... don't know... Valka: You came early into this world. You were such a wee thing. Oh, so frail, so fragile. I fea...
Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée." ( )
The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty.
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.