Top 344 Chief Quotes

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.
William Samuel Johnson
Forty-six years after my parents' journey from India, h

Forty-six years after my parents’ journey from India, here I am, the grandson of a spare auto parts salesman and a file clerk, tapped by the President of the United States to be the nation’s chief communications regulator.
Ajit Pai
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
Ulysses S. Grant
The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up ‘Pressure Chief.’
Karan Mahajan
The role of a modern studio chief is much different to how the old studio chiefs used to operate. It’s not so much a position of power anymore, but a position of influence.
Ronald Meyer
It’s certainly not helpful when the commander in chief is a critic of the intelligence community.
James Clapper
‘Tis always best to tell the truth. At every crisis, I recommend this as a chief contribution to security in life.
Menander
Best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.
Anthony Scaramucci
Welcome to ABC News, the network that hires Clinton butt-kissers/donors and calls them ‘chief political correspondents.’
Tomi Lahren
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn’t be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def
The Attorney General is the state’s chief consumer advocate, fighting to protect the financial security of all Illinoisans.
Lisa Madigan
As late as the 1980s, female officers were issued with uniform and kit which included a handbag, complete with a smaller truncheon to fit inside, and it wasn’t until 1995 that our first female chief constable was appointed.
Theresa May
I was pretty serious about pursuing forensic science as a profession. In fact, I pursued an internship at the office of the chief medical examiner here in New York.
Sarah Weinman
Being superintendent or the superintendent’s chief of staff is important work, but there’s no chance it’s as difficult as being a teacher, and I hesitate to say that it’s as important.
Timothy Noah
Merrick Garland was the most qualified nominee, not just in our lifetimes but perhaps in the history of the United States Supreme Court. The chief judge of the D.C. Circuit for 20 years, the nation’s second-highest court. Never once been overruled by the Court in his 20 years. He was extraordinary.
Neal Katyal
My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.
Paul Scholes
The reason we need formal government guidance from the chief medical officer is to empower parents.
Matt Hancock
A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively.
Wesley Clark
I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
Sitting Bull
I created the first black superhero who was not a gangbanger or an African chief but was rather a college graduate and a professional, which I think is a big accomplishment.
Neal Adams
The forgotten man… He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.
William Graham Sumner
My father would be an amazing, amazing commander in chief.
Eric Trump
It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them.
Maimonides
I was the chief executive once, I’ve been there. My recommendation to anybody is don’t go backwards.
Stuart Rose
Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.
Rebecca Harding Davis
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
Bernard Law Montgomery
In Washington, there are jobs that have official titles: chief of staff, campaign manager, director of communications. Then there are all these vague and murky headings over people who are just special consultants or advisers. We really don’t know what their gig is.
Gary Cole
One does not have to agree with his views to be intrigued by the possibilities opened up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emergence as communicator/harangue-master in chief.
Abhijit Banerjee
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
Dan Quayle
We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’.
Ted Cruz
It seems like I’ve been writing since birth! I started writing poems before I got to school. I wrote the class musical in first grade – both words and music. It was about a bunch of vegetables who got together in a salad. I played the chief carrot!
Jane Yolen
Right from the beginning, it was clear that Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna had come with the intention of not giving more water to Tamil Nadu.
J. Jayalalithaa
I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many i

I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many incredible things happening – but also so many challenges and opportunities – as really being kind of the chief advocate for the people.
Lori Lightfoot
We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.
Bertrand Russell
A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general’s chief dependence.
James Wolfe
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.
Gerald R. Ford
A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.
Charles Wagner
Possession of the pure synthetic specimens of the anthocyanidins and chief anthocyanins enabled my wife and me to devise quick tests for these colouring matters which can be used with the material from a few flower petals.
Robert Robinson
For about a year, I worked for ‘Daily Kos.’ They were great. I mean, they allowed me to write whatever I was thinking about and feeling. ‘The New York Daily News’ saw it. They were making some pretty big changes. They hired a new editor in chief. I was his first hire.
Shaun King
A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class.
Marcy Kaptur
I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.
Ephraim Mirvis
Again, most of the chief distinctions marked by economic terms are differences not of kind but of degree.
Alfred Marshall
If Chief Justice Warren and his associates had known God’s word and had desired to do the Lord’s will, I am quite confident that the 1954 decision would never have been made.
Jerry Falwell
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
H. L. Mencken
During my seven years and eight months as chief Cabinet secretary, I noticed that when policies are slow to move forward, it’s usually because of bureaucrats’ sectionalism and a penchant for sticking with precedents.
Yoshihide Suga
Apart from being a chief minister, I am also the national president of my party. So I have to take care of the party in other states as well as in U.P.
Mayawati
I am happy that Uddhav Thackeray has become chief minister of Maharashtra, and I would like to congratulate him.
Rakhi Sawant
Ilaignan,’ the script of which has been penned by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, is a period film that is set in the romantic era of classical music. You will find Western classical music mixed with our Indian melodies.
Vidyasagar
I promise that if there was no Hillary Clinton, there would still be a ‘Commander in Chief’ – I want to have a hit show that people enjoy, and really, that’s it.
Rod Lurie
Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego – its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
Wayne Dyer
If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
Jim DeMint
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.
Lance Loud
The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
Zachary Taylor
I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
Aleister Crowley
The home is the chief school of human virtues.
William Ellery Channing
According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.
Ferdinand Mount
Presidents have, of course, acted inappropriately in the past, and our constitutional system has a framework in place for addressing misconduct by the chief executive. But it’s designed to deal with straightforward criminal activity, not national security threats.
Asha Rangappa
A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.
Chief Joseph
Madam Chief Minister’ is one of the most exciting scripts I have read and it possessed me.
Richa Chadha