Quotes with chief

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  • George Eliot Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: - in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Oswald Chambers Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
    Oswald Chambers
    Scottish preacher, writer (1874 - 1917)
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  • Chief Seattle How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
    Chief Seattle
    Suquamish Tribe chief (1786 - 1866)
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  • Jean Paul Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Aleister Crowley I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Gaston Bachelard If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Barbara Corcoran In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Bruce Catton 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.
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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  • Brigham Young Kanosh the Pauvantee Chief with Several of his band visted me gave them some council & presints. A Spirit Seems to be takeing possesion of the Indians to assist Isreal. I can hardly restrain them from exterminating the Americans
    Mountain Meadows massacre Diary of Brigham Young 1857, p. 71 (September 1, 1
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Max Eastman Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
    Max Eastman
    American writer on literature, philosophy and society (1883 - 1969)
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  • Kingsley Amis Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.
    Kingsley Amis
    English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher (1922 - 1995)
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  • Avi Arad Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books.
    Avi Arad
    Israeli-American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Benjamin Graham Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.
    The Intelligent Investor Ch. 20, Margin of Safety: The Central Concept, p.
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Voltaire One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Abba Eban One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
    Abba Eban
    Israeli diplomat and politician (1915 - 2002)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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