Quotes of: Press-secretary Keyword

Secretary of Labor: The Department of Labor wishes to note that the workers of Freedonia are demanding shorter hours. Rufus T. Firefly: Very well, we'll give them shorter hours. We'll start by cutting their lunch hour to 20 minutes.

Duck Soup

Rufus T. Firefly: Just for that, you don't get the job I was going to give you. Chicolini: What job? Rufus T. Firefly: Secretary of War. Chicolini: All right, I take it. Rufus T. Firefly: Sold.

Duck Soup

Dick Goodwin: Excuse me. Do you think he might see me before the peacock molts? Kintner's Secretary: Who are you with again? Dick Goodwin: I'm with the United States Congress. Perhaps you've heard of them.

Quiz Show

I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as suc...

Ban Ki-moon

I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the ...

Karen Hesse

[the Governor is having trouble putting his pen back into its holder] Hedley Lamarr: Think of your secretary... [the pen goes straight in] Governor William J. Le Petomane: Thank you. That's a good one.

Blazing Saddles

I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do.

Tom Vilsack

I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly cov...

Anna Wintour

I pressed my dark issues to the back of my mind and smiled a slight untruthful happiness . . .

Forever Stuck

A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.

Eric Clapton

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.

Jim Clyburn

Early on I decided that I was going to lie to the press. The best approach to talking about my personal life was to lie.

Nick Nolte

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

Sela Ward

We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels.

Shawn Wayans

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Thomas Jefferson

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.

Toby Jones

If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions.

Kirk Cameron

A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.

Katherine Heigl

We were the victims of the new producer but what annoyed me was they told the press we were leaving before us.

Louise Jameson

The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen.

Lupita Nyong'o

The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

Ron Suskind