Chief Quotes

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.

The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty.

When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says.

When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had.

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence.

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.

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The chief difference is that youth waits for the morning limited and age waits for the night train.

I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.

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.

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

As social media is less about technology and more about relationship building, we are starting to see more women have a heavy influence if not dominant role in the social media space. It's no wonder that Facebook is being run in part by chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.