“Could one start a Stagnation Party-which at General Elections would boast that during its term of office no event of the least importance had taken place?” TermPartyTakenEventsOfficeImportanceElectionBoastStagnationGeneral Elections Author:C. S. Lewis
“Having women in office is vital to the health of our democracy because women play a unique role in our society. By and large, women are still the primary caregivers in families, even as we have taken our place in the workforce.” StillsPlayRolesDemocracyTakenOfficeUniquePrimariesOur SocietyWorkforceCaregivers Author:Ellen Malcolm
“It's the same in the office, the lab, the factory. Employees and coworkers are more productive, more loyal - satisfied and happy - when they are treated fairly, decently, and with dignity than when they are used and taken for granted, when they feel like no more than a tiny cog in a giant corporate wheel.” FeelsUsedTakenOfficeDignityManagementTinySatisfiedTreatedGrantedCorporateGiantsWheelsEmployeeProductiveFactoriesLoyalLabsTaken For GrantedCogsCoworker Book:The Business Bible: 10 New Commandments for Bringing Spirituality & Ethical Values Into the Workplace Source: The Business Bible: 10 New Commandments for Bringing Spirituality & Ethical Values Into the Workplace
“By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous, more people have opportunity, kids have a better education, we're more competitive, climate change is being taken more seriously than it was.Those are going to be the measures by which I look back and say whether I've been successful as president.” PeopleLooksCountryKidsOpportunityPresidentSuccessfulTakenOfficeClimateClimate ChangeHookProsperousCrooks Author:Barack Obama
“I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.” HumansBookSoulBodyMotherHouseStarsMy OwnTakenInfluenceMinesFineDrinkGoodnessOfficeFortuneTreasureMy SoulStomachPoolRoofTheft Author:Walter Wangerin
“Of the six men who have done most to make America the wonder and the joy she is to all of us, not one could be the citizen of a government so constituted; for Washington and Franklin and Jefferson, certainly the three mightiest leaders in our early history, were heretics in their day, Deists, as men called them; and Garrison and Lincoln and Sumner, certainly the three mightiest in these later times, would all be disfranchised by the proposed amendment. Lincoln could not have taken the oath of office had such a clause been in the Constitution.” MenDoneGovernmentAmericaJoyThreeLeaderWonderTakenAtheismCitizensOfficeSixConstitutionPositive AtheismAmendmentsOathFranklinHereticX MenClausesDeistOath Of Office Author:John Chadwick
“No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God. Every president has taken comfort and courage when toldthat the Lord 'will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed.' Each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God. Those who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.” MenWayStatesPresidentUnitedLordUnited StatesTakenFailingSpecialComfortOfficeTheeStrongestTrust In GodFaith In GodRelianceFear NotForsakeDismayed Author:John F. Kennedy
“If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.” IfsFirstsActionPresidentTakenOfficeLet MeBarackExecutivesIllegalUnconstitutional Author:Ted Cruz
“We live in more pragmatic times than when we originally recorded those songs. But many of the dreamers of the '60s have been elected to governmental office or taken on a leadership role in their communities. They are now in the position to make a difference.” Has BeensSongCommunityDifferencesRolesTakenPositionOfficeMaking A DifferenceDreamerPragmaticLeadership Roles Author:Paul Stookey
“We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsI CanHomeKnow HowIssuesTakenOfficeAccounts Author:Charlie Norwood
“I feel like women still deal with dressing appropriately for the office. It's by choice - you don't want to sexualize yourself too much. You want to be respected. You want to be taken seriously, and there's certain things in our culture, if you do, if you wear, you won't be taken seriously.” IfsWantFeelsStillsCertainChoicesCultureDealsTakenToo MuchOfficeDressings Author:Elisabeth Moss
“Driving jobholders out of office is like the old discredited policy of driving prostitutes out of town. Their places are immediately taken by others who are precisely like them.” TakenPolicyOfficeTownsDriving Author:Albert J. Nock
“A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of wine and allowed veritas to overcome him, went up to the Prime Minister and told her he had always fancied her, to which the Prime Minister replied, "Quite right - you have very good taste but I just don't think you would make it at the moment.” ThinkingReasonMomentsTakenTasteOfficeOvercomingWineVery GoodMinistersGentlemanPrimePrime MinisterGood TasteChivalryFlirtation Author:Nicholas Fairbairn