Famous quotes containing the words james, blaine, secretary and/or state:
“The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
—Julius J. Epstein, screenwriter, Philip Epstein, screenwriter, Howard Koch, screenwriter, and Michael Curtiz. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)
“... the wife of an executive would be a better wife had she been a secretary first. As a secretary, you learn to adjust to the boss’s moods. Many marriages would be happier if the wife would do that.”
—Anne Bogan, U.S. executive secretary. As quoted in Working, book 1, by Studs Terkel (1973)
“A functioning police state needs no police.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)