#chief

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good. ↗

— Bernard Law Montgomery

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The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property. ↗

— John Moody

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Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York. ↗

— Wesley Morris

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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. ↗

— William Temple

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But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense. ↗

— Don Nickles

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Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun. ↗

— Katy Perry

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The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state. ↗

— Dan Quayle

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