(20 quotes found)
“One of my illustrious predecessors.”
Henry Fielding
“He's blazing a trail. He's taking a more public role in warning about these issues than his predecessors have.”
Robert Bixby
“It seems to have noticeably more grip than its predecessor.”
Nick Heidfeld
“More than any of his predecessors, he has gone public with every issue under the sun. I'm not sure there's a right answer, but I think it's worth talking about in a public forum what ought to be boundaries of the Fed governors' comments.”
Tom Schlesinger
“It felt somehow unsavory to begin a tenure by attacking our predecessors,”
Bill Keller
“[Abbas laid the cornerstone for a new Arafat memorial, even as he acknowledged that his predecessor had no wish for a grandiose building.] He had no dreams of having a palace in Palestine but only to have a grave in Jerusalem, ... God willing, he will be buried in Jerusalem.”
Mahmoud Abbas
“OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.”
Ambrose Bierce
“If we seek the real predecessor of the modern railroad track, we must go back three hundred years to the wooden rails on which were drawn the little cars used in English collieries to carry the coal from the mines to tidewater.”
John Moody
“Coach Davis assumed one of the most difficult challenges any coach can accept by following a legendary predecessor.”
Adam Herbert
“Coach Davis assumed one of most difficult challenges any coach can accept -- following a legendary predecessor. He has responded to these challenges with character, graciousness, with concern for the welfare of his players and with a determination to raise our program into the ranks of the very best in the nation.”
