Staff Quotes - Page 5

• Throwing down your staff may sound like a sign of surrender, but in Egyptian magic, it's bad news. It usually means, 'Hey, I'm going to summon a big nasty thing to kill you while I stand safely inside my circle and laugh'.

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Circles, Laughing

  Rick Riordan (2011). “The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles Book 2): The Throne of Fire”, p.131, Penguin UK

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• I suppose that saves us from having to determine what to do with a butler who goes around killing people. It certainly reflects badly upon our domestic staff. Still, I shall miss him. There was a man who knew how to brew a good cup of tea.

  Gail Carriger

  Men, People, Missing

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.233, Hachette UK

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• Still the hottest angel I know," he murmured. "It's beyond me how you're still on staff.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Angel, Hottest, Stills

  Alexandra Adornetto (2012). “Heaven”, p.290, Macmillan

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• I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.

  Pat Summitt

  Support Systems, Sticks, Necks

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• Vlad hated doing the paperwork as much as he did when a human employee quit, which was why they'd both made a promise not to eat quitters just to avoid the paperwork. As Tess had pointed out, eating the staff was bad for marale and made it so much harder to find new employees.

  Anne Bishop

  Promise, Quitting, Eating

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• I like that stick of yours," he said. "It's a staff." Jem swung out to knock another automaton sideways. "Made by the Iron Sisters, only for Silent Brothers." [...] "Anyone can sharpen a stick." "It's a staff," Jem repeated, and saw Will's quicksilver smile out of the corner of his eye.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Eye, Iron

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.446, Simon and Schuster

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• In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death.

  Michael K. Simpson

  President, Events, Flags

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• I would like to thank the United staff for making me feel so welcome and part of the United family from my first day. And of course thank you to those fans who have supported me throughout the season.

  David Moyes

  Football, League, Fans

  "David Moyes says Manchester United need a 'fundamental rebuilding'". www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2014.

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• The report begins by asserting that it is a 'comprehensive' look at Benghazi resulting from an intensive investigation of nearly two years. Neither claim is true. Instead, the report is a reflection of a dysfunctional committee and the reluctant, ad hoc approach to Benghazi of its leadership and top staff.

  Stephen F. Hayes

  Reflection, Years, Two

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• Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys network in Washington.' Now I'm not making this up. This is somebody who's been in Congress for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna' to take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come, on!

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Boys, Years

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• As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate. It's also an excellent way to get staff involved in the company's operations.

  Azim Premji

  Learning, Way, Excellent

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• Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30 to 3.30 (inside school hours) during which they will do more than the 9-5ers.

  Chris Brasher

  School, Office, Shapes

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• The world is come upon me, I used to keep it a long way off, But now I have been run over and I am in the hands of the hospital staff.

  Stevie Smith

  Running, Hands, Long

  Stevie Smith (1988). “New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith”, p.56, New Directions Publishing

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• Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

  Margaret Benson

  Dog, Cat, Owners

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• Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

  Jeff Flake

  Filled Out, Lobbyists, Form

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• Birds sat on the telegraph wires that spanned the river as the black notes sit on a staff of music.

  Rebecca West

  Rivers, Bird, Black

  Rebecca West (2016). “The Return of the Soldier”, p.31, Xist Publishing

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• Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders.

  Erwin Rommel

  Smart, Men, Giving

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• I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can.

  Janet Reno

  Caring, Feet, Support

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• Academic staff rather enjoy coming to conclusions, but they don't like coming to decisions at all.

  Noel Annan, Baron Annan

  Decision, Statistics, Academic

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• Once again, God to all glory, because I didnt feel one thing. I didnt hurt it one time. I actually argued with my equipment staff to take it off half way through the game, because I thought I didnt need it. I was trying to tell them it was stopping me from extending, but you know what, Ive always trusted them with their advice. It was kind of important to keep it on, and for me to come out and not have a bruise, not tweak it, not do anything like that, is just really awesome.

  Ray Lewis

  Hurt, Games, Advice

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• Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.

  Emilio Estevez

  Home, Hands, Everyday

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• My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.

  Petra Stunt

  Crazy, Parent, House

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• Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

  Philip Kaufman

  Creative, Inspire, Directors

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• My whole staff love to laugh and count the money. On the couch, hands in our pants like Al Bundy.

  Nelly

  Art, Media, Hands

  Song: Okay

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• We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

  Lane Kirkland

  Leadership, Bitterness, Ends

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