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Quotations regarding 'Service'

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Not so the scientist. The very essence of his life is the service of truth.
Franz Boas, American Scientist (1858-1942)
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Author (1313-1375)
Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.
Julian Bond, American Activist (1940-  )
Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment.
Kit Bond, American Politician (1939-  )
An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.
Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian (1914-2004)
A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.
Neal Boortz, American Journalist (1945-  )
When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
Barbara Boxer, American Politician (1940-  )
I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.
Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier (1893-1981)
I responded to the request because during these times when we are asking so much of our men and women in the armed services it is especially important that we properly honor those who died in the service of their country.
Robert A. Brady, American Politician (1945-  )
I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.
David Brainerd, American Clergyman
A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal.
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman (1860-1925)
Maybe you are the 'cool' generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.
Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator (1919-1988)
Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.
Anatole Broyard, American Critic (1920-1990)
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour.
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Politician (1939-  )
Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion.
John Bruton, Irish Politician (1947-  )
Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.
James L. Buckley, American Politician (1923-  )
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman (1729-1797)
The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders.
Leo Burnett, American Businessman (1891-1971)
I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine.
Max Burns, American Politician (1948-  )
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
John Burroughs, American Author (1837-1921)
 
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