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“We must refuse to lean upon the broken staff of human wisdom & cling to the gospel alone as the power of God to save a hardened humanity.”

Humans Humanity Broken Refuse Staff Power Of God Hardened Human Wisdom

Author:Paul Washer

“If a chairman of a company visits Seattle, that chairman should take all the staff out in the evening and have a few drinks together, talk together and party together and not be embarrassed about the staff seeing the weaker side of you.”

Ifs Should Together Sides Party Company Seeing Drink Evening Staff Embarrassed Chairman Entrepreneurial Seattle

Author:Richard Branson

“Learn to look after your staff first and the rest will follow”

Firsts Looks Staff

Author:Richard Branson

“Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they were seeing a man suddenly thrust into a grave challenge no one could have anticipated.”

People Men Remember President Challenges Seeing Graves Cards Chiefs Classroom Staff Thrust Chief Of Staff

Author:Howard Fineman

“Firms that draw commitment from customers and staff give them a way to sign up for something that can allow them to be their best self.”

Way Giving Self Leadership Draws Commitment Customers Firm Staff Best Self

Author:John Jantsch

“These stories about my intellectual capacity really get under my skin. You know, for a while I even thought my staff believed it. There on my schedule first thing every morning it said, 'Intelligence Briefing.'”

Knows Firsts Said Stories Morning Intellectual Capacity Skins Every Morning Staff Schedules Briefing

Author:George W. Bush

“Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.”

Years Has Beens International Active Locals Recognition Agency Staff Great Work Somalia

Author:Jan Egeland

“Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office, in each of the three provincial capitals of Darfur.”

Three My Own Office Including Humanitarian Access Staff Adequate Personnel Darfur

Author:Jan Egeland

“We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.”

Made Decision Party Exercise Organization Thirds Terrorist Staff Caution Hostage Editorials Cnn Decisions Made Audio Third Parties

Author:Jim C. Walton

“Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys network in Washington.' Now I'm not making this up. This is somebody who's been in Congress for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna' to take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come, on!”

Ifs Years Said President Powerful Boys Six Twenties Meetings Seven Congress Campaigns Yesterday Most Powerful Staff Mccain Lobbyists

Author:Barack Obama

“There is no reason to believe that the people who staff the managerial and professional positions in our service institutions are any less qualified, any less competent or honest, or any less hard-working than the men who manage businesses. Conversely, there is no reason to believe that business managers, put in control of service institutions, would do better than the 'bureaucrats'. Indeed, we know that they immediately become bureaucrats themselves.”

People Knows Men Believe Hard Reason Honest Position He Man Hard Work Institutions Manage Managers No Reason Staff Bureaucracy Qualified Competent Bureaucrats

Author:Peter Drucker

“...The asbestos industry...has for decades successfully suppressed and manipulated information on the carcinogenicity and other hazards of asbestos. Involved in this conspiracy network were senior industry executives, their medical staff, attorneys, insurance companies, trade associations, scientific consultants, and commercial labs.”

“...The ACS raised over $180 million last year through its network of 58 Divisions and 3,000 local Chapters. The Society's major public campaign is aimed at reducing smoking and cancers related to it. Yet...the ACS has but a single (lobbyist) in Washington DC. The industry-supported Tobacco Institute, on the other hand, has a ten million dollar budget which supports dozens of Washington staff.”

“When the bus or the plane rolled or flew through the night, they sang songs of their own composition about Mr Nixon and the Republicans in chorus with the Kennedy staff and felt that they, too, were marching like soldiers of the Lord to the New Frontier.”

Night Song Felt Lord Republican Soldier Planes Bus Composition Staff Frontiers Flew Chorus New Frontiers

Author:Theodore White

“There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.”

Enough Ability Relationship Presses Curious Candidates Seats Affected Staff Reporters Small Things Sandwiches Competent Deadline Briefing

Author:Ronald Steel

“I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos.”

Stills Force Risk Sea Military Willing Concerned Officials Rescue Staff Military Force Delta Laos Gearing Up

Author:Bo Gritz

“People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses”

People Life Success Grows Business Weakness Capacity Organization Marketing Boss Staff Confined Strength And Weakness Delegation Personal Strength

Book:Principle Centered Leadership

Source: Principle Centered Leadership

“If I had a staff of even one person, or could tolerate a small amphetamine habit, or entertain the possibility of weekly blood transfusions, or had been married to Vera Nabokov, or had a housespouse of even minimal abilities, a literary life would be easier to bring about. (In my mind I see all your male readers rolling their eyes. But your female ones - what is that? Are they nodding in agreement? Are their fists in the air?)”

Ifs Writing Mind Persons Would Be Eye Ability Air Blood Possibility Reader Habit Easier Married Female Males Agreement Tolerate Staff Rolling Fists Nodding Amphetamines Blood Transfusion

Author:Lorrie Moore

“What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of the executive producer. . . . As a staff writer you're not being called upon to be the great creative person. You're sort of called upon to understand the characters and their voices and put them through certain paces.”

Thinking Persons Character Certain Voice Creative Television Series Producers Crafts Executives Pace Staff Domain Creative Person

Author:Howard Gordon

“MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.”

Use Form Purpose Office Authority Originals Clubs Heavy Staff Dissent Signifying

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.”

Form Members Filled Staff Committees Request Lobbyists Appropriation Earmarks Filled Out

Author:Jeff Flake

“I was on the second helicopter and arrived moments before Marine One touched down at Brenton Point in Newport, R.I. I bet one of the advance staff that after landing, instead of walking to the motorcade the President would walk across the road to view the ocean at sunset. I won the bet.”

Moments President Walks Views Walking Ocean Sunset Touched Staff Marine Landing Helicopters

Author:Pete Souza

“I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.”

People Mean Authority Staff Hierarchy Delegates

Author:Jurgen Klinsmann

“I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.”

Support Sticks Necks Staff Support Systems

Author:Pat Summitt

“The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.”

Ifs Actors Stage Managers Staff Stage Managers

Author:Estelle

“Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless.”

Self Lines Sea Depth Staff Boundless

Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

“Navigators have had a huge impact in my life; I gave my life to Christ in college and the witness of The Navigators and their dynamic materials have provided a great foundation for my Christian life. As the founder of FOCUS, The Navigator staff has been a great resource to me and to my staff as we too seek to reach a generation of young leaders with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

“I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.”

Want Needs Decision Levels Taken Politician Areas Patient Dedicated Staff Pupils Passengers Health And Education

Author:Charles Kennedy

“I admired Eugene McCarthy’s courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the Washington Post, I remained an admirer.”

Years Jobs Left Accepting Four Pages Posts Four Years Senate Staff Researchers Editorials Admirer

Author:Kitty Kelley

“You have various institutions like law firms and accounting firms which bill by the hour. I'm really against that. You have an incentive to go slowly, be there as long as possible, to over-research things and over-staff.”

Long Law Hours Research Institutions Bills Various Firm Staff Incentives Accounting Law Firms

Author:Robert Pozen

“Instapaper is much bigger today than I could have predicted in 2008, and it has simply grown far beyond what one person can do. To really shine, it needs a full-time staff of at least a few people.”

People Needs Persons Today Can Do Bigger Shining Staff

Author:Marco Arment

“My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.”

Happens Jobs Support Player Picks Resources Trade Financial Things Happen Agency Coaching Department Staff Personnel Make Things Happen Free Agency Coaching Staff Financial Resources

Author:Arthur Blank

“The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.”

“Two hours on television just doesn't automatically happen. I'm up early, I'm reading newspapers online, talking to my staff, coming up with ideas.”

Two Ideas Happens Reading Hours Talking Television Newspapers Online Staff Up Early Reading Newspapers

Author:Wolf Blitzer

“When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to the guy who handles the congressional liaison and the guy who's handling domestic politics and the guy who's handling the American economy and so forth.”

Guy House White Talking Economy Handle White House Staff American Economy Liaison

Author:Elliott Abrams

“If you chose to serve in Congress or on a congressional staff, you should be barred for life from working for any company, organization, or association which lobbies the federal government.”

Ifs Should Government Company Organization Congress Association Staff Federal Government

Author:Jack Abramoff

“Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.”

Army Officers Afghanistan Staff Turkish Ataturk

Author:Bulent Ecevit

“When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.”

Facts Born Members Office Chapters Staff Tennessee Delegation

Author:Bart Gordon

“Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.”

Ifs Stills Home Hands Grows Plant Everyday Seeds Staff Dirt Amazed Grounded Fingernails

Author:Emilio Estevez

“My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.”

Way Wells House Parent Crazy Huge Majority Workers Mum Staff Extravagant Housework Nannies

Author:Petra Stunt

“Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.”

Creative Students Inspire Directors Projects Exciting Staff

Author:Philip Kaufman

“The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did.”

People Littles Difficult Business Company Magazines Publishing Staff Experience In Business Magazine Publishing

Author:James Daly

“My whole staff love to laugh and count the money. On the couch, hands in our pants like Al Bundy.”

Art Whole Hands Laughing Media Entertainment Als Pants Staff Couches

Author:Nelly

“I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.”

World Country Imagine Honest Conversation Concerned Chiefs Being Honest Opposition Executives Other Countries Staff Sainthood Chief Executives Dissemination

Author:Gerald R. Ford

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