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Appointments Quotes

Meetings that shape what comes next.

This page mixes very different kinds of appointments, from a skeptical take on songwriting-by-focus-group in Nashville to the weight of Supreme Court appointments on major legal decisions. One quote insists on Able, bipartisan picks for a committee rather than a rushed appointment.

We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds...

Quotes by Abraham Robinson

We're not just going to take some songs from a focus group in Nashville where people are sitting around in a circle having appointments trying to write catchy songs so they can sell them to a band like us.

Quotes by Zac Brown

Over time, I think, and with further appointments to the Supreme Court, I think that the Roe v. Wade opinion will fall.

Quotes by William Barr

I've found, as I've gotten older, it's really difficult to write on the road. There are so many distractions, so many people in and out of the bus. It's really difficult to do. So I just keep a notebook with...

Quotes by Tracy Lawrence

Able Quotes

If you are not living in the same area when you are looking for property, it is a nightmare because you come down for a day or two, have appointments to see places, and have to be able to make...

Quotes by Stephen Hough

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls....

Quotes by Robert Pozen

I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

Quotes by Nancy Pelosi

For me, true luxury can be caviar or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule.

Quotes by Michael Kors

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

Marilyn Monroe

Allocation Quotes

A pro at Bayern doesn't merely have to play football; he has a range of other appointments on behalf of the club. It all drains your energy.

Quotes by Jupp Heynckes

I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed without the agreement of two-thirds of the members of the United States Senate.

Quotes by John Jay Hooker

At school, I got into the whole CB thing, hiding a transceiver in my study-bedroom with which I'd make appointments to meet girls in town. I wasn't good enough at physics to take it much further than fun, but I...

Quotes by Giles Foden

These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets...

Quotes by Gerard Arpey

Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores of executive and judicial appointments on the list of matters that the world's greatest deliberative body...

Quotes by George Packer

Announcing Quotes

On the matter - on the issue of life, it's life. So I actually would pursue appointment, court appointments that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Quotes by Evan McMullin

In Brussels, you are able to have a lot of appointments in a day. In Paris, you can have one, two, maybe three, but you spend all your time on the road, in the car or in the suburbs. In...

Quotes by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

If you're president, it's often your court appointments that seal your legacy with a capital L.

Quotes by Don Willett

I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.

Quotes by David Karp

Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of appointments appear in this collection?
This page includes quotes about creative appointments, like sitting in a room trying to write catchy songs, and formal appointments, like nominations to the Supreme Court or a bipartisan committee. It's a broad, not narrowly political, use of the word.
Why do people search for appointments quotes?
People search for appointments quotes when writing about scheduling, nominations, or decision-making processes, since the word spans casual meetings and consequential formal appointments alike.
Is there a quote skeptical of how songs get written?
Yes, one quote criticizes the idea of writing catchy songs through focus-group appointments in Nashville rather than through more genuine creative work.
Does this page include a quote about Supreme Court appointments?
Yes, one quote discusses how further appointments to the Supreme Court could affect the future of a major legal opinion, showing how appointments can carry long-term consequences.
Is there a quote about committee appointments and bipartisanship?
Yes, one quote states a refusal to make appointments to a committee that isn't bipartisan, treating the appointment process itself as a matter of principle.

Read together, these quotes show that "appointments" can mean anything from a scheduled meeting to a formal nomination with lasting consequences. See Change quotes for related reflections on decisions that shift outcomes.