Quotes with appointed

  • A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
  • Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
  • Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]
  • Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this.
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  • John Selden A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej Asking for a royally appointed prime minister is undemocratic. It is, pardon me, a mess. It is irrational.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Arthur Hertzberg But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what they thought they appointed him for, and stays with the separation of powers, and with the right of the law to decide.
    Arthur Hertzberg
    Jewish-American scholar and activist (1921 - 2006)
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  • I Ching Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the uni- verse and are appointed by Heaven.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Virgil Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind.
    Virgil
    Roman poet (70 - 19)
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  • Henry David Thoreau For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Andrew Jackson In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • John Dryden Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Peace Pilgrim My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Bob McDonnell My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.
    Bob McDonnell
    American politician and lawyer (1954 - )
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  • Herodotus Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]
    Herodotus
    Greek historian (484 - 425)
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  • Carl Hiaasen Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Bella Abzug Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Doris Lessing Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don't seem to see this.
    Doris Lessing
    British novelist (1919 - 2013)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Claude D. Pepper The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.
    Claude D. Pepper
    American politician of the Democratic Party (1900 - 1989)
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  • Bill Shorten When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.
    Bill Shorten
    Australian politician (1967 - )
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  • Harry Chapman When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.
    Harry Chapman
    American newsreader
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  • Ogden Nash Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bill Kristol While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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