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Quotes About Compliance

For small businesses, regulatory burdens can be overwhelming.
~ Michael K. Simpson
To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal.
~ Rebecca MacKinnon
You don't race cars, you race the rule book
~ Unknown
All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
~ Charles Schumer
Nick, fetch my car, fetch my clothes, sweep the chimney, make my bed, watch my psychopath, fetch my slippers.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street; if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat; if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
~ George Harrison
Regulations force people to do better.
~ Jay Leno
Are you coming along peaceful-like, or am I going to have to hog-tie you and put you in the car?
~ Jennifer Estep
In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission.
~ Peter Hessler
Whenever somebody turned his head, he shouted, Stop looking behind you!: There was a strict rule against head turns. When reversing, you were supposed to rely on mirrors only; the blind spot didn't exist, at least not in Coach Tang's eyes. Nobody ever wore a seat belt. I never saw a turn signal flash on the parking range at the Public Safety Driving School.
~ Peter Hessler
Those who wonder why the American tax code is so complex, convoluted, and constantly changing fail to appreciate what a wonderful tool it is for extortion.
~ Peter Schweizer
Barbara Tuchman wrote, "Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.
~ Phil Cousineau
The human being has an unfortunate tendency to wish to please.
~ Philip K. Dick
Gli americani leali potevano tornare a respirare tranquillamente: la loro libertà di fare ciò che gli veniva detto di fare era stata salvaguardata.
~ Philip K. Dick
When they want you they already have you; all they need is the paperwork.
~ Philip K. Dick
gyropters will arrive shortly after the zeppelins. In accordance with your orders, the Lady
~ Philip Pullman
Blockchains don't solve settlement and compliance issues — they're only more efficient if they can bypass regulation. Libra could only be more efficient than existing systems as long as it could dodge regulation, and none of its competitors could.
~ David Gerard
Stablecoin systems are payment systems, and the biggest problem with international payments is not the technology — it's compliance with anti-money-laundering laws. Cryptocurrencies mostly work around this by ignoring it — but Libra couldn't be allowed to do that.
~ David Gerard
There will always be bosses, pastors and government officials over us—and this structure is actually a good thing. It is not our job to derail it or work around it.
~ Unknown
He'd paid all his taxes, so that left … you guessed it.
~ David Rakoff
Neither were we allowed to choose what we ate. I have a friend whose seven-year-old will only consider something if it's white. Had I tried that, my parents would have said, You're on, and served me a bowl of paste, followed by joint compound, and, maybe if I was good, some semen.
~ David Sedaris
He didn't explain how, but then again, no one does. They just say it's your patriotic duty and everyone kind of goes along with it.
~ David Sedaris
I don't know how these couples do it, spend hours each night tucking their kids in, reading them books about misguided kittens or seals who wear uniforms, and then rereading them if the child so orders. In my house, our parents put us to bed with two simple words: "Shut up.
~ David Sedaris
Because your balls are even smaller than your brain and you need orders in triplicate before you can take a shit
~ David Weber