#department

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#audition #best #carpentry #crush #cute

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#department #i #matters #political #talk

The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country. ↗

— Ad Reinhardt

#because #best #brooklyn #country #department

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security. ↗

— Mike Ross

#departments #fema #fire #flexibility #grant

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#core #departments #experience #get #government

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#back #being #department #end #exciting

For the Department of Energy to conduct this investigation is like the fox watching the hen house. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#department #energy #fox #hen #house

Inherently, department stores have significant advantages compared to all other retailers. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#compared #department #department stores #inherently #other

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries. ↗

— Ed Royce

#department #elements #idea #influence #mantra

The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#also #communication #department #fema #having