deputy quotes

Now, Mr Secretary, if you and your deputy will go back to your offices, the Navy will run the blockade.

- Admiral George,Jr Anderson
  On brandishing a manual of procedures to Pentagon officials at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Recalled on his death, 4 Mar1992.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others.

- Francis,Viscount St Albans Bacon
  Essays, no.50,'Of Studies'.