“Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.” HumansKindRememberHuman BeingsKindnessOfficeClaimsPrudentDiligentDiscreet Author:Albert Pike
“From the day I took office, I've been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious; such an effort would be too contentious. I've been told that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for a while. For those who make these claims, I have one simple question: How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold?” ShouldLongWould BeAmericaPoliticalWaitingChallengesSimpleEffortOfficeClaimsAmbitiousPolitical SystemsContentious Author:Barack Obama
“I venture to claim two qualifications for the great office which I hold, which to my mind, without making invidious distinctions, is one of the most important that can be held by any Englishman; and those qualifications are that in the first place I believe in the British Empire, and in the second place I believe in the British race. I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.” WorldMindFirstsBelieveTwoImportantI BelieveRaceOfficeClaimsI Believe InBritishDistinctionEmpiresVentureGoverningEnglishmenQualificationsBritish EmpireSecond PlaceGreat Office Book:Foreign & Colonial Speeches Source: Foreign & Colonial Speeches
“When I started out in public life there used to be a saying we'd hear from time to time, that every man who runs for public office will claim that he was born in a log cabin he built with his own hands. Well, my mother knew better. And she made sure I did too.” MenWellsMadeHandsRunningUsedMotherBornOfficeBuiltClaimsEvery ManUsed To BePublic LifeCabinsPublic OfficeLog Cabins Author:William J. Clinton
“Tax day was yesterday. And marijuana growers are complaining that they can't write off a single expense thanks to federal laws. Well, apparently someone tried to claim the Phish tour as his home office and that's not going to happen.” WritingWellsHomeHappensLawTaxesOfficeClaimsComplainingYesterdayThanksExpensesMarijuanaTax DayHome OfficePhish Author:Conan O'Brien
“What about the poor salesman who is calling into the office from the corner saloon instead of the home sickbed he claims he is in?” HomePoorModernCallingOfficeClaimsCornersModern LifeSalesmanSaloons Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul. Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world's view of us. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live. Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.” PeopleWorldWayWantShouldPersonsImportantSoulFeelingsSeemsFormHateViewsFashionOfficeClothesClaimsDressesLaysWarmWhat You WantVanityVainTrendsRevealingTriflesEscapismImprisonmentInner Feelings Author:Stella Blum
“Instead of discussing with myself every morning whether I feel inspired or not, I step into my office every day at nine sharp, open the window and politely ask the muse to enter and kiss me. Sometimes she comes in, more often she does not. But she can never claim that she hasn't found me waiting in the right place.” FeelsDoeSometimesAsksFoundWaitingStepsMorningKissingOfficeWindowClaimsInspiredNineEvery MorningMuseRight PlaceDiscussingKiss Me Author:Peter Prange
“The politicians of New York as not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practice...if they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.” IfsMatterEnemyPrinciplesPracticeSuccessfulNew YorkPoliticianOfficeAdvantageClaimsGentlemanRetiringDefeatedSpoilFastidious Author:William L. Marcy
“It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor to baptize, nor to offer [the eucharist], nor to claim for herself a share in any masculine function- not to mention any priestly office.” SpeakChurchTeachShareOffersOfficeFunctionClaimsMasculineEucharist Author:Tertullian
“Success and social promotion are not some right that anybody can claim after queuing at some [government office]. It is better: it is a right, a right that one can merit because of one's sweat.” GovernmentSocialOfficeClaimsMeritSweatPromotion Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“I would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are going to want to see some progress and not just claims that this guy is out of office and we're going to do everything to destroy him or that somehow he is a 'socialist' taking over the country. Have we so lost our faith in this country that we think one person, one man can be can suddenly change our entire system? That's kind of absurd.” PeopleThinkingMenWantYearsKindPersonsCountryGuyThreeLostProgressRepublicanOfficeClaimsAbsurdOne ManThree YearsSocialistThis GuyCaution Author:Colin Powell
“A big win for [Hillary] Clinton would allow her to claim that the country rejected Trumpism, while a narrow win leaves her limping into office with the highest unfavorable ratings for any new president.” CountryBigsWinningPresidentOfficeHighestClaimsClintonRejectedRatingLimping Author:Mara Liasson
“That's why Apple, Microsoft and the big information technology companies have kept so much money registered abroad (although in US dollar accounts with a nominal foreign address's owner). They pretend to make their global income in Ireland. They have an office, which could be simply a postal drop box in Ireland, and claim to make all their money there, not in America.” BigsAmericaCompanyTechnologyInformationOfficeAccountsClaimsDollarsBoxesIncomeApplesAddressesOwnersIrelandMicrosoftInformation Technology Author:Michael Hudson
“There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that they have understood what women want and that they are capable of giving it to them. They help with the dishes at home and make their own coffee in the office, basking the while in the refulgent consciousness of virtue. Such men are apt to think of the true male feminists as utterly chauvinistic.” ThinkingMenWantGivingHelpingHomeAmericaExistenceConsciousnessVirtueImagineFeminismOfficeCapableUnderstoodClaimsMalesFeministCoffeeImagine ThatDishesWomen WantBasking Author:Germaine Greer
“Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix. Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who cannot tell God's will from their own. Temple police are always a bad sign. When chaplains start wearing guns and hanging out at the sheriff's office, watch out. Someone is about to have no king but Caesar” IfsKnowsMindUseLawOrderJesusForceWatchesAtheismKingsOfficeGunClaimsPolicePreparedGods WillTemplesHanging OutAnarchyConformLaw And OrderSheriffsChaplains Author:Barbara Brown Taylor