Officers Quotes

• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Night, Greatness, Born Leaders

  "Book of Humorous Quotations" by Connie Robertson, (p. 29), 1998.

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• At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program.

  Janis Karpinski

  Responsibility, July, Training

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• I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers.

  Jack Dee

  Clever, Hate, Thinking

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• Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.

  Howard Staunton

  Party, Player, Eight

  Howard Staunton (1848). “The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess”, p.2

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• My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Brother, Father, Thinking

  Interview with Sandra Bullock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 26, 2009.

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• I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.

  Steven Seagal

  Years, Police, Different

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• When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Car, Police, Police Officer

  "Witherspoon pays $213 fine as arrest video goes public" by Chuck Johnston and Jason Hanna, www.cnn.com. May 3, 2013.

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• Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

  Joe Orton

  Work, Reading, Police

  Loot (1967) act 2

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• Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

  Theresa May

  Mean, Years, Police

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• We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.

  Ann Coulter

  Country, War, Cities

  Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.7, Crown Forum

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• One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers.

  Mark Thomas

  Believe, Mushrooms, Police

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• We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

  Mitt Romney

  Military, Defense, Might

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• Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Female, Demand, Promotion

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• Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.

  Grover Cleveland

  Law, People, Agents

  Grover Cleveland (1909). “Addresses, State Papers and Letters”

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• Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.

  Ridley Scott

  Looks, Fbi

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• The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, Tvs, Embedded

  "A NATION AT WAR: THE VICE PRESIDENT; After Weeks of Criticism, Cheney Claims Vindication as Iraqis Hail Outcome of War" by Richard W. Stevenson and Eric Schmitt, www.nytimes.com. April 10, 2003.

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• Nearly all Italian officers speak French.

  Hugh Dalton

  Italian, Talking, Speaks French

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• Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.

  Charles Babbage

  Exercise, Salary, Merit

  Charles Babbage (1830). “Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes”, p.11

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• Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

  Andrew Jackson

  Pregnancy, Power, Government

  Andrew Jackson (1835). “Annual messages, veto messages, protest, &c. of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States”, p.197

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• As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as did that part of the younger generation who, in the old Germany, would have become officers or civil servants.

  Gustav Stresemann

  Army, Class, Germany

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• The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Views, Voice, Political

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• Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books.

  Avi Arad

  Jobs, Book, Kids

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 10, 2004.

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• We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared.

  Emperor Norton

  Wish, President, United States

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• My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

  Kathleen Turner

  Daughter, Mother, Father

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• Jesus Christ was God's revenue officer.

  Billy Sunday

  Jesus, Christ, Revenue

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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