Quotes of Clerk - somelinesforyou

“ There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference. ”

- John Bolton

“ A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk. ”

- Harry F. Banks

“ We are recorders and reporters of the facts-not judges of the behavior we describe. ”

- Alfred Kinsey

“ Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers. ”

- Thomas E. Lawrence

“ The automobile was not for the secretary-general's personal use and therefore the exemption was not justified. ”

- William Taylor

“ You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. ”

- Ellen Goodman

“ Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk. ”

- J. C. Penney

“ And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. ”

- Bible

“ Accountability is essential. So the question for me is, what did Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the Pentagon know, when did they know it and what did they do about it?... If the answers are unsatisfactory, resignations should be sought. ”

- Joe Biden

“ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. ”

- Bible

“ What it means is that the president decided to engage our brains rather than open the taxpayers' wallets immediately, and what he wants to do is to conduct a quick, prompt review,... FOX News Sunday. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. ”

- Bible

“ I am supportive of Secretary Rice's efforts to engage the North Koreans with diplomacy, and I believe the last round of the six-party talks produced the most results ever. ”

- Bill Richardson

“ The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper. ”

- Edward Dahlberg

“ The Secretary-General expressed full understanding on the issue. ”

- Kofi Annan

“ I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers. ”

- Trent Lott

“ Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman. ”

- Bela Lugosi

“ For I say to you that if your righteousness does not surpass that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter into the Kingdom of heavens. ”

- Jesus Christ

“ Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. ”

- Bible

“ The president, when I took the job, asked me and Secretary Powell to stay out of politics. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. ”

- Elihu Root

“ When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he's nobody's friend. ”

- Theodore H. White

“ When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he's nobody's friend. ”

- Theodore White

“ Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter. ”

- Gerald Brenan

“ Sometimes I think sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running. ”

- Gene Fowler

“ It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant. ”

- Samuel West

“ He has been one of the most effective secretaries of the Treasury in this nation's history. ”

- Alan Greenspan

“ I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit. ”

- P.G. Wodehouse

“ We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe. ”

- Alfred Kinsey

“ Memory is the scribe of the soul. ”

- Aristotle
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