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Quotes About Scrutiny

U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny of chemical and biological laboratories.
~ Barton Gellman
If a prime minister can suspend parliament to deliver a 'no deal' Brexit, what will the government try to do next with no democratic scrutiny or oversight?
~ Caroline Lucas
As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.
~ Eddie Redmayne
The sword of contempt has kept the judiciary away from searching public scrutiny, particularly within the mainstream media. The judiciary is obviously happy to live with this situation as well.
~ Prashant Bhushan
I believe that all refugees coming from Syria - a war-torn country that ISIS calls home - regardless of religion require additional scrutiny before entering the United States.
~ Haim Saban
Anne Richard, a senior U.S. State Department official, testified at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing in November 2015 that any Syrian refugee trying to get into the United States is scrutinized by officials from the National Counterterrorism Center, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, State Department and Pentagon.
~ Peter Bergen
She was essentially living in a fishbowl, and she would have to tread with caution
~ Rhys Bowen
Watch out for dirty tricks. Complain loudly.
~ Richard Branson
The best type of government comes from a government that is scrutinized by the people when they have true information about our governments, major corporations, other power actors in society.
~ Julian Assange
But in the way of bargain, mark you me,I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair.
~ William Shakespeare
For I am nothing if not critical.
~ William Shakespeare
realist works I look for detail; 'Look at the eyelashes!
~ David Nicholls
Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.
~ David Reisman
When I have a particular case in hand," he explained, "I . . . love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.
~ David S. Reynolds
I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
~ David Walliams
How dreadful to have millions of strangers know the intimate details of one's life, to pick over them like so many discarded bones from a banquet table, looking for the choicest bits of meat.
~ Deanna Raybourn
This gentleman, with knowing air, Survey'd
~ Jean de La Fontaine
The Avengers have the same unfortunate tendency as ordinary law enforcement. Once we have a perpetrator to hang the crime on, we look no further.
~ Jeff Parker
Met de uiterste voorzichtigheid, maandenlang mogelijkheden tegen elkaar afwegend, bijna tot in het overdrevene toe langzaam, zo streng mogelijke maatstaven aanleggend, vatte hij zijn oordeel over een letter, een woord of een hele zin pas dan samen, wanneer hij van de onaantastbaarheid ervan zeker was.
~ Elias Canetti
Von peinlichen Vorsicht, monatelang erwägend, langsam bis zum Überdruss, am strengsten gegen sich selbst, schloss er seine Meinung über einen Buchstaben, ein Wort oder einen ganzen Satz nur dann ab wenn er ihre Unangreifbarkeit sicher war.
~ Elias Canetti
Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
~ Campbell Brown
Whenever I go to shows, I end up looking at what shoes the guy onstage is wearing and the jacket he's got on. And when you know everything's gonna be under scrutiny, it makes you feel more comfortable if you have cool stuff.
~ Julian Casablancas
The sanctimony that a section of the media wears like a second skin comes undone so fast when the scrutiny is on them.
~ Barkha Dutt
No matter what I do, I can't help but feel that I'm under a microscope. Some of it is completely silly, and some of it is meant to be hurtful. For example, a website accumulated all of my music videos to point out perceived Illuminati images. I loved that one. Of course, it was all ridiculous but funny.
~ Steve Aoki