Quotes About Fairness

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

The next time you say 'Life isn't fair' remember that 40% of the world lives on less than $2/day and does not eat every day. How does your 'not fair' compare to theirs? - Tom Cunningham

I don't like to take people lightly even if the odds are against them.

I run all the brands like cousins. You want your cousins to do well, but you want to do better. All of our brands want to win, but we certainly want to fight fair and coordinate as much as we can behind the scenes. But to the consumer, we want to offer the broadest, most competitive set of products that we can.

What I do now, when I'm taking on a film, I always ask about the fairness of the pay. I ask what they're offering me in comparison to the guy. I don't care about how much I get paid; I'm in an industry where we're overcompensated for the work we do.

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.

Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.

Sometimes officials should look at English football and let us play more. I like their system because, in Europe, their referees are more lenient.

When I first came in the league, there were only two officials. So you could really get away with a lot.

It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.

In Ohio, we must put fairness to people and their families first, ahead of powerful special interests.

I want millionaires and billionaires and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share.

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.

Coming into the league, everyone said I was going to be fat, I was the next Oliver Miller. I had all these red flags. I just feel I was never given a fair chance coming in.

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.

A judge is supposed to be able to make a decision, and when you make a decision, very often one party - and very often both - are a little disappointed.

The one percent must pay their fair share.

The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

I got paid the same as my male counterpart grad students and onward.