Quotes About Oversight

Blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

As soon as you see a mistake and don't fix it, it becomes your mistake.

For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in.

I don't play the field - I rule the sidelines.

General Failure's Fault. Not Yours.

Power (n) The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA.

That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

If you are a certain kind of hands-on learner and have been in a writers room and know how scripts get made, and you know what pre-production is, then mostly it's making sure the actors get what they need, and you are providing creative oversight while allowing room for everyone else to own the material, too.

I accept you need the right balance, people do need to know their privacy is protected, but when it's essential information which will be dealt with by security agencies... I do feel the public interest overrides that.

If the government is injecting public money, it should also take the right to oversee board appointments, executive pay, and future business operations.

It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

All public officials, including the secretary of state, must be held accountable.

I will never take a day off policing the people we pay and keep a public trust with. I will use my camera, my pen, my pad, and my network to do my part, to make sure that Americans will no longer fear their government. Or its employees. They work for us - not the other way around.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.

I know how irritating it is when a producer puts his hand in everything.

There's a difference between a free market and free-for-all market.

The thing most frightening about Donald Trump is he doesn't know what he doesn't know and doesn't seem to care about what he doesn't know, and as a result of that, he doesn't know what the consequences of his actions might be.

It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.

Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?