Quotes of: Official Keyword

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

Gene Scott

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

Barbara Jordan

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Coach Cotton: Was he holding? Official: No. Coach Cotton: Was he blocking after the whistle? Official: No. Coach Cotton: Then what was the flag for? Official: I don't know. Excessive blocking.

The Blind Side

Matthias: Look, I don't think it should be a sin, just for saying "Jehovah". [Everyone gasps] Jewish Official: You're only making it worse for yourself! Matthias: Making it worse? How can it be worse? Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah! Jewish Official: I'm w...

Life of Brian

I was not born into a rich family or a family of government officials.

Chen Guangbiao

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf r...

Lou Holtz

If you talk to an official you must talk rubles.

Russian

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

Herbert Hoover

The court official in one life has seven rebirths as a beggar.

Chinese

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Unwarranted search and seizure by the government officials was unacceptable to the American revolutionaries. Shouldn't it be unacceptable in the digital age, too?

Heather Brooke

Jacksonville's official bird is the butterfly. The butterfly is also Jacksonville's official flower.

I am Jacksonville

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by.

Eric Johnston

There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.

Abdallah II of Jordan

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.

Dave Freudenthal

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

Amy Klobuchar

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

Bill Dedman

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

Ann Kirkpatrick

I am disturbed that the identification and clothing of our public officials is so easily reproduced.

Louise Slaughter