Appointed Quotations

On Earth, God has placed no more than two powers, and as there is in Heaven but one God, so is there here one Pope and one Emperor. Divine providence has specially appointed the Roman Empire to prevent the continuance of schism in the Church.

I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.

In 1952, I was appointed Professor at the University of Bonn and Director of the Physics Institute, with very good students waiting for a thesis advisor.

By 1954, as an assistant professor with a group of three graduate students, I was able to initiate more complex experimental projects, dealing with the structure, stereochemistry and synthesis of natural products. As a result of the success of this research, I was appointed in 1956, at age twenty-seven, as professor of chemistry.

If one undertakes retrospection of the day's events, one must do it regularly at the appointed hour, not fitfully, not doing it today, neglecting to do it tomorrow and the day after and then taking it up again on the fourth day. Such irregular practice is not conducive to the confirmation of the habit of retrospection.

Through years of secret work, scientific and basic ground work was laid, in order to be ready again to work the German Armed Forces at the appointed hour, without loss of time or experience.

The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War II, three from each. The Ministry appointed on 5 December 1972 was composed entirely of ex-servicemen: Lance Barnard and me.

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

The ship was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of August 1787.

All men ought to think of Christ because of the office Christ fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son of God through whom alone the Father can be known, approached, and served. He is the appointed Mediator between God and man through whom alone we can be reconciled with God, pardoned, justified, and saved.

I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.

Manufactured scandals prohibit public servants from doing the job they were elected or appointed to do.

The other was the best recovered in his condition; and being now pretty well, was appointed nurse to the rest of the sick. Next to oranges, I thought the cyder had the best effects.

We appointed Tony Morris to start and finish a job and that's what I would prefer,

There is no pattern of demonstration that justices appointed by the president then try to defend the president's constitutional prerogatives.

We've appointed ombudsmen to check implementation of these measures in various hospitals.

We've appointed a committee to look at our needs. We post the meetings and the public is welcome to come and voice their opinion. The public is always welcome. We need to find enough property where we can build as we need. We'll get it done.

Unfortunately, it is now obvious that no attorney appointed by the court will satisfy the defendant,

Were I to be appointed Secretary of Education, I'd issue a prospectus for a compulsory nationwide high school course called 'The American Experience in Art.'

would have been unable to effectively serve in the role he was appointed to.

were appointed by the IRA, not the governments.

We have appointed Kevin Ball caretaker manager until the end of the season and hope that supporters will give him their full backing. Sunderland supporters have been incredibly tolerant and supportive in the last few months, which have been very difficult. I would also like to thank them for that.

We have appointed a global company to work out the branding and positioning strategy for TCS in the global market. Their report is expected in a matter of weeks and the roll out of the strategy would begin next fiscal.

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

Senate Bill 7 brought about some really good changes, where you were only appointed to cases for which you were qualified. But then what we saw was that an abundance of appeals were going to the same one or two people that the judges liked for some reason, or whatever, and some defendants were falling through the cracks. Cost-effectiveness was an issue, but my big concern was that due process be provided for these defendants.

Since everyone in ex-com was appointed by the president, you feel more comfortable telling them to take over their duties.

She (Gardner) is very well qualified for this position and Governor Riley thinks she would be an excellent choice; that's why he appointed her.

Mr. Steiner was appointed after a long and exhaustive search. We were aware of all the facts and the secretary-general still felt that he was the best person to lead the organization.

Mayor Miller, you have a history of attacking appointed African-American representatives on boards and commissions.

One Supreme Court justice went to law school after he was appointed to bone up on the law,

Murkowski has had significant problems over the past few months, establishing herself apart from her father, Gov. Frank Murkowski, who's not popular ... He appointed her to the office.

Obama is as likely to be impeached as he is to be installed as the next pontiff. And I say that as someone who has testified in Congress that this president has violated federal laws, unconstitutionally appointed various executive-branch officers and improperly transferred money.

Newly appointed Sen. Robert Menendez leads Tom Kean by the narrowest of margins only because there are more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey.

I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.

I would expect that both sides now are struggling to control the board. It may be that there are directors who were appointed by each side, but outside independent directors are not going to be loyal to someone if there is strong persuasive evidence that that person was involved in fraud.

If we're relying on a German judge about what our Constitution means, no president accountable to the people appointed that judge and no Senate accountable to the people confirmed that judge. And yet, he's playing a role in shaping the law that binds the people in this country.

If we're relying on a decision from a German judge about what our Constitution means, no president accountable to the people appointed that judge and no Senate accountable to the people confirmed that judge. And yet he's playing a role in shaping the law that binds the people in this country. I think that's a concern that has to be addressed.

I have had the privilege of serving as city comptroller, and I lead 750 professionals in the office, have appointed eight deputy comptrollers... no one has criticized my management of these 750 professionals.

I couldn't hide the fact that I would be interested in it. I think people from Hull City understand that as well. When I was first appointed Under-21 manager by Glenn Hoddle in the mid-nineties, I never thought I would be in that job to take over from the senior manager.

I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.

I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to serving another four years on the AQMD Board, ... We have accomplished a great deal in the last decade, but we also have an enormous challenge ahead of us if we are to succeed in cleaning up the Southlands smog. I really appreciate the confidence placed in me by the Speakers of the Assembly that have appointed me.

I am extremely honored that the governor appointed me, and I am going to work as hard as I can to justify his confidence in me. I'm excited and looking forward to it. I know it won't be a cakewalk, but I'm anxious to get at it.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, / And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

I'm also serving as a commissioner on the Japan-U.S. Commission, appointed by President Clinton, which will be taking me to Tokyo in June.

If an agent or producer isn't licensed and appointed properly, they are automatically locked out of the sales system. Between that feature and our 98.7% matching rate with the PDB, we're in good shape as far as compliance.

If the state's legislation is changed, I will work with it. The last two members I have appointed would have had been easily accepted by the council.

He was appointed yesterday (Monday) and the clubs were informed. Tomorrow he will be presented.

There is a historical pattern that everyone should be aware of because each of the past three newly appointed Fed chairman began their tenure with a quick succession of interest rate hikes.

There is no economic justification to raise rates. There is no sign that prices can go up much in this competitive environment? Raise rates or not raise rates, I feel that the market will continue its appointed rounds on the up side.

We're prepared to invest another $100 million to develop this business. I just appointed our head of astronaut relations to arrange for them to make deposits.

We thought we needed some time because the people need to be appointed and start meeting, and that probably won?t happen until the very beginning of March. We thought we needed at least three months.

He just took the job, nobody appointed him, nobody else wanted it.

Just recently, within the last couple of days, (I was) advised by appointed experts that there's a mental retardation issue. And by law, we have to explore it. We have no choice.

John Ashcroft is not a friend of liberty and justice. George Bush, the appointed president, is not someone who ---prior to a month ago--- ever demonstrated any insight or acuity about the world around him. Have these men been born again, again?

I was a mere 29-year-old instructor at Kyoto, enjoying daily research work with some young students. Nothing had prepared me to be a professor at a major national university. Being too young and inexperienced to be a Full Professor, I was first appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry.

I think that anybody who is appointed to any judicial position has to be himself or herself. And I don't think that anybody can try to replace the person or can duplicate the approach of the person who that person is replacing.

I think it starts at the very top with the elected officials, goes to the appointed officials, goes to the Department of Criminal Justice ... and down to the prison employees who were very lax that day.

It is not necessary to have a mandated, statutorily appointed czar.

It is my expectation as the person appointed to these cases that we are going to provide these people with at least a minimal level of comfort and security. The providers do not have the skill to know or understand when a person is getting in the danger zone.

Just because we have not yet appointed a permanent manager, it doesn't means that our scouting team is not out there looking at players.

I see a reawakening of elected and appointed officials to recognize the injustices of the past, ... We have a responsibility to correct those wrongs as much we can.

Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us? Evil is it that they judge! / Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by Allah will then most surely come; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Standing at his appointed place, at the trunk of the tree, he does nothing other than gather and pass on what comes to him from the depths. And the beauty at the crown is not his own. He is merely a channel.

Someone needs to say from time to time that our leaders are appointed leaders, are engaged in practices that are arrogant.

Judges at the federal level are appointed for life,

That was the catalyst for it. Obviously, we knew the governor differed from conservatives on some issues. But when he appointed Gray Davis' cabinet secretary as his chief of staff, the recall, the reform movement was RIP.

That's the way he manages. He was like that when he was appointed and he won't change so people shouldn't complain,

I was appointed to read the correspondence. We'd get letters about feral cats, potholes ... all of the above. Sometimes we'd get 10 to 15 letters about feral cats, so the mayor would ask me to summarize.

I was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the Los Angeles Superior Court and by President Obama to the district court and then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In securing the state court appointment, I think it really helped that I had some trial experience.

We have supported the drug court and have even appointed one of our employees to serve on the drug court committee, ... But she has not been easy to get along with. When she came over to our board meeting to talk about the drug court, she was very hostile when we asked her questions. I'm really concerned about the recent allegations because it seems to me that it reflects her opinion of black people.

We encourage the Libertarian Party of Central New Jersey to meet with the newly appointed township attorney, the township clerk and representatives of the administration to arrive at a mutually agreeable change.

'To Kill a Mockingbird' is really two stories. One is a coming-of-age tale told from the point of view of Scout Finch, a girl of about nine, and her slightly older brother, Jem. The second story concerns their father, attorney Atticus Finch, who has been appointed to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of raping a white woman.

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) / And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

We have a vast area to cover and so assessment will take a few days. Engineers have been appointed to conduct the assessment and we only expect a report back on Wednesday or Thursday.

The president and I have not discussed this, but I greatly appreciate his confidence, ... I have been privileged to be appointed by five presidents to various positions. If President Bush nominates me, and the Senate confirms his choice, I would have every intention of serving.

We are delighted to be appointed successor depositary by British Airways and look forward to supporting the company's goal of enhancing its base of US investors.

Unfortunately, we have seen already that a duly appointed career prosecutor, a career prosecutor, has already come under criticism and I think that's very unfortunate, ... Let's depoliticize it. Let's say that is now in the hands of very distinguished career prosecutor, Bob Ray.

Those who are appointed to guard provinces and his vassals who have been ordered ,to help , he shall speedily punish like thieves, ,if they remain inactive in attacks ,by robbers .

There is just a problem with the way Ted was chosen -- they didn't follow due process, ... No one knows if Trevor appointed Ted himself, which he had no right to do, because the player reps are supposed to vote on it also. The biggest concern is, no one knows what's going on, and that's a fact. Scott Mellanby , who is a player rep, had no idea that Ted even got an extension, and wasn't even allowed to vote on that. We realize it's not everybody, but there are some players that are unhappy. It's a terrible way to start the season.

We want to inform the young men and women there about our reasons for rallying and to request a royally appointed prime minister.

We've decided to reject the two new commissioners who have been appointed to execute the government's ploy to rig votes in the next general election.

There is no reason to support such a proposal when the system of appointed members still exists and no concrete timetable has been laid down by the government on how to achieve universal suffrage.

This shows that the ruling elite does not want free discussion. There has been a change of leadership, and the new governor has been appointed from Moscow. Why discuss anything when it is the boss in Moscow who is deciding all policy?

There are a number of qualities that I've looked for in a Supreme Court nominee. I believe that the nominee should be someone who knows he or she is not appointed to impose his or her views of right and wrong.

We've got to get more senior Iraqis involved -- former military types -- involved in the Iraq security forces, ... In the next couple of days, you'll see a large number of senior officers being appointed to key positions in the Ministry of Defense and the Iraqi joint-staff and in Iraqi field commands.

Within the U.N. itself, I have appointed a record number of women to high-level positions. I did not fill jobs with women just for the sake of it - I looked for the best possible candidate, and I found that if you strip away discrimination, the best possible candidate is often a woman.

The position of city attorney is a full-time position in Selma. But he is not an elected official. He is appointed by the mayor (James Perkins Jr.).

But the larger point that I've made is that we've done 25 years without a black Alabamian being appointed to the federal bench,

The governor appointed people to the hate crimes and discrimination commission who share the goal of the commission -- to eliminate hate crimes and discrimination wherever it exists.

To have been somebody who started basically on the factory floor and to be appointed the CEO today is an amazing journey for me and one I'm very proud of.

Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say that Social Security is financially sound, without any changes for the next 40 to 50 years.

At the time Mr. Schultz was gathering data for his book, Bill Cooper was Town Manager in New Gloucester. Bill's leadership, and that provided by the town's elected and appointed officials and volunteers, contributed to the development of the Tax Increment Financing District that encompasses the campus. The cooperation and support offered by local officials provided a positive environment for the Libra Foundation to implement its vision, renovation, and development of Pineland.

Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the uni- verse and are appointed by Heaven.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind.

During the spring, a citizen's committee was appointed to study the library's facility and needs, and we realized that we needed more space.

Farmers have responded to escalating fertilizer prices and low commodity prices by delaying purchase decisions until an appointed time closer to spring seeding.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? / As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: / So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Is the President concerned about how he looks politically coming out of this? Heck yes! ... The president has some serious exposure here. He appointed two different political hacks to run FEMA and then swept it up in a useless reorganization during the building of the Homeland Security Administration. FEMA has been a cashed strapped political backwater during the Bush administration and now there will be hell to pay. If I were Michael D. Brown, director of FEMA I would be brushing up my resume.

It would give an advantage in the election if a nominee is appointed in the interim. It would be appropriate to have the appointment only if it's not the nominee of one of the parties.