Official Quotes

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.

I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line.

It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official.

The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

I never had an official job, but I did play at a local cantina every Tuesday night, and I babysat a lot.

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.

I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.

I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.

At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.