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Quotes About Regulations

I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with smoking.
~ Chris Rock
USDA regulations spell out precisely what sort of facility and system is permissible, but they don't set thresholds for food-borne pathogens. (That would require the USDA to recall meat from packers who failed to meet the standards, something the USDA, incredibly, lacks the authority to do.)
~ Michael Pollan
People will be surprised at the eagerness with which we went about pretending to rouse from its slumber a sexuality which every­thing-our discourses, our customs, our institutions, our regulations, our knowledges-was busy producing in the light of day and broadcasting to noisy accompaniment.
~ Michel Foucault
Englishmen are said to love their laws; - that is the reason, I suppose, they give us so many of them, and in different editions.
~ Anna Letitia Barbauld
We love having the freedom that we have with the web; I mean, we don't have to answer to anybody. We have complete creative control; we don't have to worry about FCC regulations.
~ Emma Caulfield
Even though I had always sexualized Thom Wright everyone else now realized he was built, the jawline seemed more pronounced, the hair was now shorter—somewhat ubiquitous among the guys at Buckley (mostly because of haircut regulations) but Thom's was now something stylish, a moment, a cue to manliness
~ Bret Easton Ellis
All we've really done is to set ourselves up—to be sold to, branded, targeted, data-mined. But this is the logical endgame of the democratization of culture and the dreaded cult of inclusivity, which insists everybody has to live under the same umbrella of rules and regulations: a mandate that dictates how all of us should express ourselves and behave.
~ Bret Easton Ellis
XXI. But Arnold Bros (est. 1905) said, This is the Sign I give you: XXII. If You Do Not See What You Require, Please Ask. From The Book of Nome, Regulations v. XXI-XXII
~ Terry Pratchett
ABC forbids political activity by journalists.
~ Bill Dedman
Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.
~ Bill Dedman
No matter what job I've undertaken, whether it was Glory Kickboxing or Strikeforce or Pride Fighting Championships or Showtime Championship Boxing, you have to play by the rules of the company you work for.
~ Mauro Ranallo
I think they shouldn't allow cut blocks, because our knees are important to us, too. I know concussions are a big deal, too, but I think knee, cut blocks are a big deal, but that seems to be OK with the NFL. So they're not too concerned about safety, obviously.
~ Brian Urlacher
Major labels don't play with samples not being cleared.
~ Mike Dean
But GAAP rules are not what most people might think of as "rules." They don't take the form of imperatives, such as "Count this expense exactly this way" or "Count this revenue exactly that way." They are guidelines and principles, and so are open to interpretation and judgment calls.
~ Karen Berman
As already noted, the Poultry Products Inspection Regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture only states, "Poultry shall be slaughtered in accordance with good commercial practices in a manner that will result in thorough bleeding of the carcasses and assure that breathing has stopped prior to scalding.
~ Karen Davis
The army has enough regulations that even Mother Teresa was guilty of something.
~ Brian Haig
US law requires financial institutions to report cash transactions of $10,000 or larger to the government; for currency exchangers, the threshold is $1,000.
~ Bruce Schneier
bio-safety rules were ten times as strict, or supposed to be. Maybe plutonium was bad, but it couldn't jump out of a tank and grow by itself.
~ Bruce Sterling
Knock knock!" "Who's there?" the crowd responded. "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions." "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions who?" "That's the thing," Colbert said. "I don't think I should have to tell you.
~ Bruce Watson
When I entered the service, the regulations stated that the object of all military training is "success in battle." This short sentence has been rewritten on three pages and I defy anyone to read it over three or more times and then explain what the object of military training is.
~ Burke Davis
You can't assume a goddamned thing in this Navy.
~ Herman Wouk
I think young people of all races are interested in justice; maybe not so much taxes and regulations, but they're interested in justice and the right to privacy on the Internet.
~ Rand Paul
Why is it that E.U. players are allowed to move country once they turn 16... but non-Europeans can only do so at 18? Why aren't we campaigning for a level playing field, where our best 16 year olds - who may not have an E.U. passport like I had - are free to move when they turn 16, like the best young players in Europe can?
~ Christian Pulisic
I was the youngest in the world in history when I started, 15. That's illegal now.
~ Roddy Piper