“The distribution of tasks among the various employees follows a simple rule, which is that the duty of the members of each category is to do as much work as they possibly can, so that only a small part of that work need be passed to the category above. This means that the clerks are obliged to work without cease from morning to night, whereas the senior clerks do so only now and then, the deputies very rarely, and the Registrar almost never.” NeedsMeanNightSimpleMorningDutyMembersTasksVariousCeaseEmployeeCategoriesNow And ThenSeniorDistributionObligedSmall PartsClerksDeputies Author:Jose Saramago
“To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the market in which the workers find jobs, and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations.” WayDifferentJobsFormDutyMembersMethodWorkersCharacteristicsOccupationPeculiarPaymentHousewifeTenureSupervision Author:Barbara Bergmann
“To reduce man to the duties of his own city, and to disengage him from duties to the members of other cities, is to break the universal society of the human race.” MenHumansRaceCitiesBreakAtheismDutyMembersUniversalPositive AtheismHuman Race Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” MenReligionUniverseSubjectsDutyMembersCreatorEvery ManGovernorsHomageCivil SocietyFounding Fathers ChristianFounding Fathers ReligionFederalistFederalist PapersChristian Heritage Author:James Madison
“My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art school also spills over into my studio work. I believe most artists are adept at juggling multiple responsibilities - whether it's work, teaching, caring for family members or attending to relationships - with their studio commitment.” BelieveArtSchoolArtistI BelievePresidentResponsibilityInfluenceTeachingDutyMembersCommitmentExcitingStudiosCaringPainterMultipleSpillsFamily MembersAttendingArt SchoolJugglingAdept Author:Stephen Beal
“Among the immediate obligations and duties resting upon members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, and one of the most urgent and pressing for attention and action of all liberty loving people, is the preservation of individual liberty.” PeopleTodayActionJesusIndividualChristChurchAttentionLibertyDutyMembersJesus ChristSaintObligationLatterPreservationUrgentIndividual LibertyLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:David O. McKay
“It is part of our "Mormon" theology that the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired; that our Republic came into existence through wise men raised up for that very purpose. We believe it is the duty of the members of the Church to see that this Republic is not subverted either by any sudden or constant erosion of those principles which gave this Nation its birth.” MenBelieveStatesPurposeNationsChurchUnitedExistencePrinciplesUnited StatesWiseDutyBirthMembersConstitutionConstantRaisedInspiredTheologyRepublicConstitution Of The United StatesErosion Author:David O. McKay
“The people of the Falkland Islands, like the people of the United Kingdom, are an island race. They are few in number but they have the right to live in peace, to choose their own way of life and to determine their own allegiance. They way of life is British; their allegiance is to the Crown. It is the wish of the British people and the duty of Her Majesty's Government to do everything that we can to uphold that right. That will be our hope and our endeavour, and, I believe, the resolve, of every Member of this House.” PeopleWayBelieveGovernmentLife IsHouseI BelieveWishUnitedNumbersRaceDutyMembersDetermineBritishKingdomsIslandsResolveCrownsMajestyAllegianceEndeavourUnited KingdomFalklands Author:Margaret Thatcher
“These two value systems [islam and U.S constitution] do not clash in any way, and my son is a member of the United States Armed Forces active duty. He`s proud to serve his country. And there are many more people who are exact same thing.” PeopleWayTwoCountryStatesValuesForceUnitedUnited StatesSonDutyProudMembersConstitutionIslamActiveMy SonClashArmed ForcesValue Systems Author:Steve King
“I would never want to see myself viewed as beating the drums of war, ... but I would rather live with that image than look into the mirror and see a member of Congress who failed to do his duty.” WantLooksWarDutyMembersMirrorsCongress Author:John McCain
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.” GivingInterestCommunityExistenceAttentionSocietyDutyCitizensMembersPaidPoliceWelfareLaw EnforcementPolicemenIncumbents Author:Robert Peel
“Like every American, I will never forget where I was on the morning of September 11, 2001. As a member of Congress from Indiana, that day my duties took me to Capitol Hill and to sights and sounds I will never forget.” SoundForgetMorningDutyMembersSightCongressHillsNever ForgetSeptemberSeptember 11IndianaCapitolSeptember 11 2001Capitol HillSight And Sound Author:Mike Pence
“When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.” MenMindFeelingsReligionStrongUnderstandingPleasureCasesDutyDrinkMembersRegardCastsNeglectDisorderAppetiteIndulgeCivil SocietyStrong Drink Book:journal Source: journal
“A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we ought to live. Guarding others' lives, the ecology and the earth is the same as protecting one's own life. By like token, wounding them is the same thing as wounding oneself. Consequently, it is the duty of each of us to participate as members of the life community in the evolution of the universe. We can do this by guarding earth's ecological system.” EarthUniverseCan DoCommunityDutyOughtEvolutionMembersOneselfEcologyEcologicalPromptsTokensGuarding Author:Daisaku Ikeda