Quotes: Service

I’ve only paid lip service to a spiritual life.

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

We have an incredible national forest service, and we have an incredible child outreach program that the president has put together. I don’t see anything wrong with national service for a minimum of two years. If we were to require that, we wouldn’t need a draft.

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted.

The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in Congress to secure the necessary funding to maintain full service.