Quotes About Fair

Long before the fair's end, people began mourning its inevitable passage. Mary Hartwell Catherwood wrote, "What shall we do when this Wonderland is closed?—when it disappears—when the enchantment comes to an end?" One lady manager, Sallie Cotton of North Carolina, a mother of six children staying in Chicago for the summer, captured in her diary a common worry: that after seeing the fair, "everything will seem small and insignificant.

The frontier may indeed have closed at last, as Frederick Jackson Turner proclaimed in his history-making speech at the fair, but for that moment it stood there glittering in the sun like the track of a spent tear.

He missed the prayers but he thought it would be unfair and hypocritical to say them and he did not wish to ask any favors or for any different treatment than all the men were receiving.

But first appearances are often deceptive. Not everything monstrous looking is evil, and not everything fair is good...and in every fairytale, there is a grain of truth.

Better not think about Mrs Barum either; it was really such a strain going on being fair.

I think people have a legitimate right to minimise their tax obligations if they can, but they should pay their fair whack. I do think it's important to be transparent.

I've fallen prey to my fair share of moments of the phobias of others and the way that that can become an attack.

A company's best advantage should be a quality product offered at the right price. That fair competition is what drives innovation.

As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.

I think any company should compete on the quality of their products, their prices, the novelty they can produce, their services, because that would be fair competition.

When Kansans go to the pharmacy to pick up their medication, they deserve a fair deal on their drug prices.

Although individual states have primary responsibility for conducting fair and impartial elections, the FBI becomes involved when paramount federal interests are affected or electoral abuse occurs.

If you are not on the record calling for fair, free and just elections now and in the future, I will come to your district and I will fund a primary opponent against you.

I won a competition in primary school for my painting of Nottingham's Goose Fair; it was a riot of colour with glitter and sequins.

Our system of government works best when there are checks and balances led by independent entities that are empowered to conduct fair and rigorous oversight. These are the same principles enshrined in the founding document of our country - our Constitution.

The PGA Championship, last of the majors each year, might well be accustomed to having fun poked at it by the print press for being mired in August, but this isn't fair.

Open and fair competition within free markets encourages innovation, meaning fresh perspectives can be applied. The private sector also brings skills and knowledge to bear on what can often be complex issues.

There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair.

I believe there is no other way to create decent livelihoods for the world's poorest people than to connect them to global markets as producers, and on fair terms.

I felt that K wasn't getting a fair shake anyway.

The khaleesi seems the most fair.

I think it's fair to say I feel much more comfortable in business than in politics.

Girls are crazy and mean. They don't fight fair.

Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.