#office

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#consumes #create #decision #decision making #decisions

Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin. ↗

— Andy Hertzfeld

#actions #apple #asked #because #called

Originally the film opened with Ryan in the doctor's office, being told his wife is dying. Then we see him walking the streets, and the story is told in flashback. ↗

— Arthur Hiller

#doctor #dying #film #flashback #him

So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness. ↗

— Arthur Hiller

#ali #come #decided #doctor #had

The school-room sends men to the Legislature, to the bench, and the executive office. The bar-room sends them to the scaffold and hell. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#executive #hell #legislature #men #office

I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "What are you?" ↗

— Grace Hopper

#i #immigration #looked #me #officer

In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They are experts at winning. They know the issues. They are in a unique position to evaluate presidential candidates. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#creating #democratic #democratic party #evaluate #expertise

Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#believe #candidate #i #just #kids

Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#congressional #day #every #every day #offices

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#anyway #around #belong #drink #legislature