Quotes About Scrutiny

I have come to the conclusion that there has never been an honest investigation by any authoritative body in the history of the world.

You never know who's watching.

none of the ways in which we talk about race today stands up to the scrutiny that genetics has enabled. Families are too untidy, human history is too convoluted, people too motile. The deck has been shuffled and reshuffled. Genetics has shown that people are different, and these differences cluster according to geography and culture, but never in a way that aligns with the traditional concepts of human races.

More often than not, family stories turn out to be etched in sand rather than granite. Even the parts we think are true—even the parts about ourselves—crumble under scrutiny. These are the lies we tell everyone who knows us. These are the lies we tell ourselves.

It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too much about your personal life. They start not being able to look at you the same way professionally. I don't want that to happen to me.

They fall short on holding the government to account, scrutinizing and authorizing the spending of public money, reviewing and refining legislation, and acting as an effective forum to debate the important issues of the day.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

I'm watching her super carefully

They examine me like I'm a cow at a 4-H auction. I try not to moo.

In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people."64

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

We need to get back to our ABCs. Accept nothing. Believe nobody. Check everything.

In Westminster, I make sure I maximise my ability to represent my constituents. I can do that in a variety of ways: by asking written questions or questions in the House of Commons, through the scrutiny of bills and by sitting on the environmental audit select committee every week, as well as other committees.

Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street and criticised their clothes, their work, their parents, their inner being, I'd be sued and I'd be thrown in prison.

I have been tested a lot by Jadco and different parties wherever I go, so there is nothing to hide.

People watch me... whatever I do, wherever I go.

While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things.

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

I knew that people disliked me, and there always will be, but that's the price you pay for being in the limelight, so to speak.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

When you are playing for a top club, when the pressure is on, when scrutiny is everywhere, you need some privacy. You need a place away from public view where people can be open, and, at times, difficult conversations need to be had.

I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being.