It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat.
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time.
It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.
Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions.
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
ITC looks forward to working with the chief minister and the government of India to ensure trade leads to impact on the ground.
If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
I think all my characters haunt me. Especially the real-life ones, like Master Chief Carl Brashear, the Tuskagee Airmen. Every time I see a military person, it gives me such a sense of pride but also a sense of responsibility to project excellence when representing them.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook is such a respected figure that it's easy to overlook the basic problem with his argument about encryption: Cook is asserting that a private company and the interests of its customers should prevail over the public's interest as expressed by our courts.
I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim.
I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.
The press is our chief ideological weapon.
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.
A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.
Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.
After a summer trip to Switzerland, which was rich in experiences, I started writing. In the beginning, I aimed at descriptions of nature and folk life until, as the years passed, the description of man became my chief interest.
When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.
I am persuaded that the chief reason why we do not enjoy religion is that we do not try to enjoy it.
What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.
I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.
A chief of station is the head of all intelligence operations in any given country.
The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.
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.
We need a little more 'Hail to the Chief.'
