William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes

The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.

William Lewis Safir

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• Mr. Trump, Americans can't afford, and don't want, to worry about the latest lawsuit filed against their president. And you're not immune from these suits once you enter the Oval Office. Anything you've done before taking office is fair game.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Done
  • Game
  • Worry

• In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Chicago
  • Office

• Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Show
  • Office
  • Dignity

• This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

  

  Ursula Burns
  • Work
  • Office
  • Wait

• The '90s was a decade of mundane market-consumer nothingness where there was nothing coming up from the streets; you just had someone in an office deciding what was cool.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Up
  • You
  • Cool

• This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Office
  • Medicine
  • Alchemy

• It's more than a little ironic that the mantra that swept Bill Clinton into office is exactly what prevented Hillary from winning it. Somehow, the Manhattan billionaire became the voice of the disaffected blue-collar middle class in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Winning
  • Voice
  • Blue

• I got off the abutment and walked towards my office.

  

  Abraham Zapruder
  • Office
  • Got
  • Off

• Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Long
  • Running
  • Lawyer

• Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

  

  Valerie Trierweiler
  • First Lady
  • Limelight
  • Notoriety

• The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

  

  Oleg Cassini
  • Leader
  • Follower
  • First Lady

• My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • Taken
  • Office
  • Illness

• I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Up
  • Focus
  • Say

• I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents.

  

  Orville Redenbacher
  • Office
  • Agents
  • County

• And in the meantime, Michelle has had a chance to greet the incoming First Lady. And we had an excellent conversation with her as well. And we want to make sure that they feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition.

  

  Barack Obama
  • First Lady
  • Greet
  • Michelle

• It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.

  

  Bellamy Young
  • People
  • Fun
  • First Lady

• We had a teacher, named Mr. Brown, and he was writing something on the board once - he was writing something on the board, and he farted. And you would have thought kids had seen the face of God. Kids weren't even laughing; they were just sitting there screaming, just screaming. Kids had to get carted out; kids were screaming. Kids had to get carted out, and they were going to the nurses' office. Kids are crying in the hallway. 'Oh, this is our 9/11.' And it was. It was their 9/11 'cause they never thought anything like that could ever happen.

  

  Donald Glover
  • God
  • Writing
  • Kids

• I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

  

  Andrew Cuomo
  • Office
  • Saint
  • Portraits

• When I went to the Association [ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] I learned a few things by observation. One of the things that used to strike me was [Walter White] need to impress people, even just people who came into the office.

  

  Ella Baker
  • People
  • Office
  • Observation

• My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.

  

  Dolly Parton
  • Writing
  • Home
  • Office

• I have talked to Barack Obama about Star Wars recently, in the Oval Office, and he is definitely a fan. Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution creates executive privilege, and as for government regulation and information policy, so too for Star Wars, I will not disclose discussions in private with the President of the United States.

  

  Cass Sunstein
  • War
  • President
  • Office

• I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.

  

  Brigitte Bardot
  • Night
  • Dirty

• I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble.

  

  Courtney Love
  • Fear
  • Trouble
  • Heels

• The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.

  

  William Lewis Safir
  • Office
  • First Lady