“I've written about Powers Hapgood. He was a Harvard graduate, son of a wealthy family who owned a cannery out there. After leaving Harvard, he went to work in coal mines and then was a CIO executive when I met him there, in Indianapolis.” WrittenMinesSonMetsLeavingExecutivesWealthyGraduatesCoalHarvardIndianapolisCio Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“It's important to distinguish the soul from the spirit, or will, because the will or the heart or the spirit is the executive center of the self.” HeartImportantSoulSelfSpiritExecutives Author:Dallas Willard
“Think of the soul as the computer system that runs the whole thing. And then the spirit is the executive center. It's the faculty of choice. And then you want that faculty governed by the truth of God and the Spirit of God.” ThinkingWantSoulWholeRunningSpiritChoicesComputerExecutivesFacultySpirit Of GodTruth Of GodComputer Systems Author:Dallas Willard
“There could be constitutional problems with executive detention if it is seen to be arbitrary. I didn't actually say that the NSW Government's proposed anti-terrorism bill was necessarily unconstitutional - that was sloppy journalism - I said that executive detention may raise constitutional problems if it is seen to be arbitrary as being an invasion of the judicial function.” IfsMaySaidProblemGovernmentFunctionRaisesBillsTerrorismJournalismExecutivesArbitraryInvasionJudicialSloppyUnconstitutionalDetentionAnti Terrorism Author:George Brandis
“I will cancel every illegal Obamacare executive order. I will cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities. Out.” OrderCitiesExecutivesIllegalFundingSanctuaryObamacareExecutive Orders Author:Donald Trump
“I began to associate with Mahatma Gandhi when he came and went in our house - together with my father and mother he was on the executive committee. After independence I worked with him a lot - in the period when there were the troubles between Hindus and Muslims, he assigned me to take care of the Muslims. To protect them.” CareTogetherMotherFatherHouseTroublePeriodsProtectIndependenceTake CareExecutivesCommitteesAssociates Author:Indira Gandhi
“I have a few films that I'm going to be executive producing - a couple that's really dear to me .This man that I'm going to play next is very revolutionary and he's iconic and the world needs him right now. Hopefully, I can deliver that to the world.” MenWorldNeedsI CanPlayFilmNextCoupleRight NowDearHopefullyRevolutionaryExecutivesIconic Author:Cory Hardrict
“My grandfather was a prominent executive at Chevron (oil), and of course my father is a fairly radical and progressive environmentalist. But he was also a very active Democrat and pacifist. More importantly, he was one of the best storytellers I've ever met. I think that trait has been passed down the line, even to my kids.” ThinkingHas BeensKidsCoursesFatherLinesMetsDemocratActiveOilRadicalExecutivesProgressiveTraitsGrandfatherStorytellerMy GrandfatherProminentEnvironmentalistPacifist Author:James Redford
“I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to the contrary, notwithstanding.” ThinkingWould BeCapableContraryChiefsExecutivesJohnsonCommandersGaryCommander In ChiefChief Executives Author:William Weld
“There is one way, only one way to solve it, and that is through legislation. It cannot be through an unconstitutional executive order that violates the Constitution. That is, it doesn't matter here what you think about immigration: here you cannot violate the nation's Constitution, period.” ThinkingWayMatterOrderNationsPeriodsConstitutionSolveImmigrationOne WayExecutivesLegislationUnconstitutionalExecutive Orders Author:Marco Rubio
“It's important to use executive orders. Every president since Washington has.” ImportantUseOrderPresidentExecutivesExecutive Orders Author:Tim Kaine
“The thing about an executive order - there has never been an executive order that a Congress couldn't say, "You know, we don't like that so we're going to do something else," if there is a majority in Congress to do something else.” IfsKnowsOrderMajorityCongressExecutivesExecutive Orders Author:Tim Kaine
“Almost always, executive orders are within an authority and always within the purview of Congress to change if they want to legislatively change it.” IfsWantOrderAuthorityCongressExecutivesExecutive Orders Author:Tim Kaine
“What the polls don't tell you is, though other polls do, is that if you do a study of CEOs, top executives in corporations, they're liberal.” IfsStudyCorporationsExecutivesCeoPolls Author:Noam Chomsky
“The first thing [Donald Trump] is going to do is roll back the fiat executive orders that were unconstitutional.” FirstsOrderTrumpExecutivesUnconstitutionalExecutive Orders Author:Mary Matalin
“People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to get a hearing or for routine appointments in the executive branch to go unfilled for years because of a hold placed by a senator.” PeopleYearsGovernmentImpossibleWillingCourtCongressHearingSupremeBranchesExecutivesRoutineSenatorsSupreme CourtAppointmentsExecutive Branch Author:George Packer
“Electric service providers in Missouri have warned that the EPA's so-called Clean Power Plan will raise energy costs for Missourians, reduce jobs, and hurt our state's economic competitiveness. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I've fought hard to ensure provisions that would defund this harmful power grab were included in the final appropriations bill. I also support legislation to block this harmful rule and protect workers and families from the damaging effects of the Obama Administration's executive overreach and costly energy regulations.” HardStatesJobsEnergyHurtSupportPlansEconomicEffectsCostProtectMembersRaisesBillsCleanWorkersFinalsBlockAdministrationExecutivesSenateRegulationElectricCommitteesLegislationProvisionProvidersCompetitivenessAppropriationMissouriService ProvidersEpa Author:Roy Blunt
“[Donald Trump] can do it [build the wall] by executive order by just re-programming money within the within the Immigration Service.” OrderCan DoWallTrumpImmigrationProgrammingExecutivesExecutive Orders Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation.” ExecutivesCompensationExecutive Compensation Author:Warren Buffett
“By creating a prosecutor who is overseen over by a court, they are melding executive and judicial power in a way that can lead to terrible abuses - as the founders of America understood full well. It's why they created a system of separated powers - to set up a constitutional mechanism that would enhance freedom, by making sure that no one's accumulation of power could predominate over [that of] others.” WayWellsAmericaTerribleCreatingUnderstoodAbuseCourtExecutivesMechanismFoundersAccumulationJudicialProsecutorJudicial Power Author:John Bolton
“In the case of immigration, there has never been a majority for any of the proposals put forth by either party - executive amnesty or whatever other plan there is - to essentially legalize them and make them voters. There is not the majority support for any plan that either party has put forward. It is a gigantic issue.” PartyCasesSupportIssuesPlansMajorityImmigrationExecutivesVotersProposalAmnesty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.” WorldOrderBlackPresidentCan DoStudyMonthsOptimisticBarackAfrican AmericanExecutivesPresident ObamaApprovalPresidencyInstitutePresident Barack ObamaReparationsExecutive Orders Author:Julianne Malveaux
“I always want to read something about our people's enslavement near the 4th. To keep it light, I also read Rolanda Watts' "Destiny Lingers" She is a sisterfriend and I ran into her at Essence. Then, I finished Paul Taylor's "The Next America." Taylor is the Executive VP at the Pew Research Center, and he uses their excellent data base to talk about the coming "generational showdown" which we are experiencing, at some level, in Black America.” PeopleWantUseLightAmericaNextBlackLevelsDestinyResearchEssenceFinishedDataExcellentRanExecutivesEnslavementBlack AmericaShowdowns Author:Julianne Malveaux
“I've all venture a guess as we saw a lot of those executives going in for the viewers, we saw a bunch of Fox News executives going in there. We saw Jeff Zucker president of CNN standing there, just in case you don't know those faces. So there was all of muckety-mucks from all of the media, cable, broadcast, you name it.What is fairness to [Donald] Trump? With President-elect Trump?” KnowsFacesNamesPresidentCasesSawsMediaTrumpNewsStandingBunchExecutivesFairnessVentureFoxesViewersCablesCnnFox NewsStanding There Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Although the great frustration about this [role] is the fact that there's one thing Maigret never does, and that's drive. He's always driven, or he takes the train, or he gets the bus. I was saying 'Well, why don't we ring the changes for the 21st Century, and stick him in the car?'. [Executive Producer and son of the author, John Simenon] said, 'Well, you can if you want, but there'll be lots of people who won't like it'. So he's a non-driver ... But no, Top Gear was never a consideration for me; and neither was I asked” PeopleIfsWantWellsDoeSaidFactsRolesOne ThingCenturyCarSonTrainSticksDrivenRingsProducersFrustrationConsiderationExecutivesDriversBus21st CenturyGearsTop Gear Author:Rowan Atkinson
“[Donald Trump] not going to be sitting in studio acting as the executive producer of The Apprentice. I think that's Mark Burnett and that's the way it's going to be.” ThinkingWayActingTrumpSittingMarkStudiosProducersExecutivesApprentice Author:Reince Priebus
“We learned that President-elect [Donald] Trump intends to keep his executive producer title on Celebrity Apprentice. We know he's going to come out later this week and talk about how he's going to handle the overall conflicts of interests, perhaps, with his businesses in the White House.” KnowsHousePresidentInterestWhiteWeekTrumpConflictHandleProducersTitlesExecutivesWhite HouseApprenticeConflict Of Interest Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Newt Gingrich said that this executive producer is weird and it raises - does raise questions about possible conflicts. The FCC regulates NBC corporations can try to curry favor with the president by placing their products on the show [Celebrity Apprentice].” TryingDoeSaidShowsPresidentProductsConflictRaisesFavorsProducersCorporationsExecutivesApprenticeNbcNewtsCurryFccRaises Questions Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I just think it's weird that Donald Trump wants to be an executive producer of a TV show while he's President of the United States. I agree with Newt Gingrich. He doesn't have to do that.” ThinkingWantStatesShowsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTvsTrumpAgreeProducersExecutivesTv ShowsNewts Author:Claire McCaskill
“Clearly [Donald] Trump likes the way business executives and generals think and talk much more than policy professionals.” ThinkingWayPolicyTrumpLikesExecutives Author:Rich Lowry
“I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression that people of faith are uniformly opposed to stem-cell research is not documented by surveys. In fact, many people of strong religious conviction think this can be a morally supportable approach.” PeopleThinkingStatesFactsGovernmentSpeakStrongReligiousUnitedUnited StatesCitizensApproachResearchConvictionImpressionCellsBranchesExecutivesRepresentativesStemSurveysState GovernmentStem CellUnited States GovernmentStem Cell ResearchExecutive Branch Author:Richard Dawkins
“I don't think we've ever had a president who has more disdain for Washington than Barack Obama does, and he does things with executive orders or rules that you don't even see.” ThinkingDoeOrderPresidentBarackExecutivesDisdainExecutive Orders Author:Rick Perry
“There's no question that to some extent there are structural disadvantages built in, not just for women but for other minority groups who don't hold power at the executive level either at the company or in the industry. My position is not just "Oh, okay, anyone can overcome those." It's just as we work to get more women and people in minority groups at higher levels in positions of power, what are our options?” PeopleLevelsCompanyGroupsPositionIndustryHigherBuiltOkayOvercomingMinoritiesExecutivesDisadvantagesHigher LevelPosition Of PowerMinority Groups Author:Megyn Kelly
“The most powerful country in world history, which is sure to set its stamp on what follows, placed the entire government (executive, legislative, judicial branches) in the hands of an organization - the Republican Party - dedicated to escalating the race to disaster.” WorldCountryHandsGovernmentPowerfulPartyRaceRepublicanOrganizationDisasterBranchesExecutivesMost PowerfulDedicatedRepublican PartyStampsWorld HistoryJudicialEscalatingJudicial BranchPowerful Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“Donald Trump is gonna immediately start canceling some executive orders and repealing Obamacare.” OrderTrumpExecutivesObamacareExecutive OrdersRepealing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Let's ask their parents. And will those children point to their parents and tell us you really need to enforce the law against my parents? Because they know what they were doing when they caused me to break the law. I don't think we've thought through this very well. But there's a reason why in the president's DACA programs he didn't grant his unconstitutional executive amnesty to the parents of dreamers.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWellsChildrenReasonLawAsksParentPresidentBreakProgramReason WhyExecutivesGrantsDreamerAmnestyUnconstitutional Author:Steve King
“It's plain that the American right wing, the Republicans and some sections of the Democratic Party, don't really care about international norms. They believe in the executive authority of the president. They don't even believe the United Nations or international law should play any role vis-Ã -vis American policymaking.” ShouldBelievePlayCareLawNationsPresidentUnitedPartyRolesRepublicanAuthorityWingsDemocraticInternationalExecutivesSectionsNormUnited NationsDemocratic PartyRight WingInternational Law Author:Vijay Prashad
“One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the leader of the Executive Branch, the Commander-in-Chief, the spokesperson for the nation, but the influence and the work that we have is the result not just of the president, it is the result of countless interactions and arrangements and relationships between our military and other militaries, and our diplomats and other diplomats, the intelligence officers and development workers.” WorldStatesNationsPresidentUnitedResultsLeaderUnited StatesInfluenceMilitaryDevelopmentWorkersAffairGreat ThingsChiefsBranchesExecutivesOfficersInteractionArrangementsCommandersDiplomatsCommander In ChiefExecutive BranchWorld AffairsIntelligence Officers Author:Barack Obama
“I have a theory that among the large Western companies (mostly American) the higher an executive is promoted, the more wisdom is lost and by the time he or she reaches the top becomes a complete idiot. Certainly they do not deserve the outrageous salary.” LostCompanyTheoryHigherDeserveWesternIdiotExecutivesSalaryOutrageous Author:Masaaki Imai
“[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk Empire - that's another period of government overreach, but at least they use the amendment process! In real life, the executive branch, by violating the Constitution, is using statutes in place of constitutional amendments to diminish our liberty.” RealUseGovernmentGamesHouseStuffProcessLibertyWatchesPeriodsConstitutionSeriesReal LifeCardsBranchesEmpiresExecutivesAmendmentsThronesDiminishStatutesExecutive BranchConstitutional AmendmentsHouse Of CardsBoardwalksBoardwalk Empire Author:Edward Snowden
“The courts were afraid to challenge executive declarations of what would happen. Now, over the last year, we have seen - in almost every single court that has had this sort of national-security case - that they have become markedly more skeptical.” YearsHappensLastsChallengesCasesSecurityCourtExecutivesLast YearDeclarationNational SecuritySkeptical Author:Edward Snowden
“People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions made by the executive. Even though it seems so obvious now, it is extraordinary in the context of the last decade, because courts had simply said they were not the best branch to adjudicate these claims - which is completely wrong, because they are the only nonpolitical branch. They are the branch that is specifically charged with deciding issues that cannot be impartially decided by politicians.” PeopleMadeSaidSeemsLastsLibertyIssuesClearSeaJudgingPoliticianDecidedOrganizationClaimsCourtExtraordinaryObviousDecadesBranchesExecutivesAssertionCivil LibertiesSea ChangeSimply Said Author:Edward Snowden
“A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically. So this one isn't even authorized by law. It's just an old-ass piece of paper with Reagan's signature on it, which has been updated a couple times since then. So what happened was that all of a sudden these massive, behemoth companies realized their data centers - sending hundreds of millions of people's communications back and forth every day - were completely unprotected, electronically naked.” PeopleHas BeensDifferentUseLawOrderCompanyMillionsPiecesHappenedCommunicationCoupleAuthorityPaperNakedAssDataErasCollectionsExecutivesMassiveBack And ForthSignaturesExecutive OrdersBehemothData Centers Author:Edward Snowden
“We're [with Donald Trump] working from Day 1, which will be [Monday, January 23 2017], the first full business day of the administration, to begin to roll back the unconstitutional executive orders and an avalanche of regulations that have been stifling growth and jobs in Indiana and across the economy.” FirstsHas BeensJobsOrderGrowthEconomyTrumpAdministrationExecutivesRegulationMondayJanuaryIndianaStiflingUnconstitutionalAvalanchesExecutive Orders Author:Mike Pence
“Now that Mr. Trump is the President-elect: If he chooses, he can, by executive order, repeal most of what President Barack Obama brought into existence, including the thawing of the relationship between the United States and the people of Cuba. And because there is a Republican Senate, a Republican House of Representatives, a Republican president, it is more than likely that his legislative program will be accepted; his nominations to the Supreme Court may very well be accepted.” PeopleIfsWellsMayStatesOrderHousePresidentUnitedExistenceUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanProgramCourtIncludingAcceptedSupremeBarackExecutivesSenateRepresentativesSupreme CourtCubaPresident Barack ObamaNominationsHouse Of RepresentativesExecutive OrdersThawing Author:Louis Farrakhan
“America is an enormous country with enormous resources. The basic American spirit creates the Wright Brothers and Henry Ford and Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Once we start rolling, we're pretty formidable. And the incompetence of the government is so massive that even a moderately good executive could regain much ground pretty rapidly. Donald Trump is a very good executive.” CountryGovernmentAmericaSpiritBrotherTrumpResourcesMarkBillsVery GoodEnormousExecutivesMassiveGatesRollingIncompetenceFormidableAmerican SpiritZuckerbergWright Brothers Author:Newt Gingrich
“There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New Orleans, or something like Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the power of the music of the civil rights movement [which he executive produced in 2009]. Or Bamako, about the African debt crisis, a platform to discuss the experience of people who actually live it. All of these are important ways we can use film as a forum inviting people into a dialogue.” PeopleWayImportantUseFilmWaterRightsTroubleMovementRevolutionCrisisExcitedDebtDialogueCivil RightsExecutivesPlatformsDocumentariesNew OrleansCivil Rights MovementInvitingSoundtracksForumsDebt Crisis Author:Danny Glover
“I just released an op-ed in the "Washington Post" that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card, a picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.” PeopleNeedsHappensWould BeOrderSocialPresidentSpecialSecurityVoteCardsPostsExecutivesProvidingSocial SecurityExecutive Orders Author:Al Sharpton
“Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism.” BelieveDoeBranchesExecutivesInterfereFederalismExecutive BranchLegislative Branch Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Donald Trump is speaking on behalf of the White House, of the executive branch of the United States. Credibility matters.” MatterStatesHouseWhiteUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBranchesExecutivesWhite HouseBehalfCredibilityExecutive Branch Author:Jonathan Karl