Disclosure Quotations

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

Fracking is doable if there's full disclosure of all chemicals used. Secondly, science dictates the policy rather than politics. Third, there's collaboration between environmental groups and the natural gas industry.

I was going to say that writing is about disclosure and acting is about obfuscation, but that's such a little lie. Both of them are about obfuscation and masking oneself.

Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism.

The details of the personal expenses that executives put on the company tab often are not known because loopholes in federal disclosure rules let publicly traded companies generally avoid disclosing the perks they give executives along with pay and stock options.

Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.

In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of backstage machinations dominate political coverage.

Make no mistake about it, these cleverly disguised provisions will torpedo key disclosure requirements for so-called 'stealth PACS.'

No one should install any software without telling the computer user before doing it. Burying it in a disclosure document that is not read by 99.9 percent of users is not an excuse.

Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton

If we find that instead of a legitimate sales seminar and a free meal, seniors are being exposed to pitches for unsuitable products, with high-pressure sales tactics and wild claims about projected returns, and no disclosure of the actual risks of the investment, we'll move in hard and fast.

We need disclosure as to who is funding the Protocol Foundation,

We need disclosure as to who is funding the Protocol Foundation. People need to know who is influencing the governor on contributions to this -- a trip he's going on.

has disclosed serious integrity issues surrounding the accurate disclosure to the betting public of weights of jockeys and had brought to justice the officials involved in this fraud.

Given that increasingly large sums are being raised and spent for legal expenses in this state, it appears that it would be in the public interest for the statutes clearly to require disclosure of such fund raising.

Full disclosure here - I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet.

If accurate, such an egregious disclosure could have long-term and far-reaching damaging and dangerous consequences, and will imperil our efforts to protect the American people and our homeland from terrorist attacks,

If Amazon produces the numbers, nobody will care. If the growth isn't there, then I think it will become more of an issue. Why isn't there the disclosure level that we would expect?

If it turns out that Cheney was actively involved in decisions related to the disclosure of a CIA officer's identity and if the truth of it is that he was orchestrating the disclosure of information to the media, it seems to me that's a fundamentally different case than one centered around the activities of Libby.

I anticipate that in January the commission will consider adopting rules that would require 'dollars and cents' fee disclosure to shareholders, coupled with more frequent disclosure of portfolio holdings information,

But that disclosure is only about a defect on the property itself. It says nothing about what's right behind it, what's right next door.

I am here today to publicly apologize to the people of the state of Ohio for my failure to provide complete financial disclosure statements to the Ohio Ethics Commission as mandated by law, ... I accept total responsibility for my mistake, and I'm sorry.

If the company expects the outlook to change in any material way, it will, in accordance with its continuous disclosure obligations, inform the market.

We expect to resolve any issues and concerns so that the court can approve our disclosure statement next week and we can continue moving toward exit from bankruptcy.

There is no evidence to show, and it is not credible to argue, that Mr. Sevan, who spent forty years with the U.N. and ran a $64 billion program, would jeopardize his career for $160,000, trust a person he had never met (Abdelnour) to carry out the scheme and report the proceeds on his U.N. financial disclosure forms.

Let me just say once and again that we are proud of our accounting and disclosure practices. We hope this issue is behind us and we'd like to move on.

Photos are public documents and subject to disclosure upon request.

Partner disclosure is where we really have the opportunity to break the chain of HIV infection.

Nancy's goal is to provide full public disclosure of every aspect of this case, ... The committee will meet (in closed session). At that point, it will resolve details regarding a public hearing.

It is disappointing that the ethics commission punted on this issue rather than requiring strict disclosure of attorney referral fees.

It is impossible for Part D to work for beneficiaries without full disclosure by plans of all relevant information.

I think we will eventually follow in England's footsteps. Donor insemination is moving in the same direction as adoption did years ago. Family secrets are unhealthy, and disclosure is in the best interest of the child. People have the right to know their genetic history.

We've told them from the beginning that if disclosure of fees was in this bill they passed, we would probably sue. And here we are.

Today?s disclosure is a logical extension of the commitment of console makers to empowering parents. I am proud that each console maker has taken the initiative to give power to the parents, offering technology not available for DVD players or even portable music players that will allow parents to control the entertainment their children access.

Transparency is a big problem. Disclosure levels in the United States are not as good as in other parts of the world.

Transparency, sunshine, disclosure are recurring themes in the conversations that I am having with my colleagues. I think people are in general agreement that names ought to be associated with earmarks that are funded.

We'll look at the letter, but that's all it is. Iraq has no choice but to comply with the resolution's terms. Iraq's letter is one of the requirements. The next ones are full disclosure and active cooperation with the inspectors.

Tyco is really correct here. They did make the required disclosure in their cash flow statement as far as how much money they spend net of the cash they received of those companies, so I can see Tyco's point.

We are introducing the 'Tax Exempt Political Disclosure Act' to bring sunshine to our campaign finance laws and to provide full disclosure of groups which have heretofore not been held accountable but have been subsidized by the American people.

We are disturbed that Yahoo has once again provided account-holder information that has been used to jail an Internet writer. We call on Yahoo to make a complete public disclosure of how many such requests it has received.

The allegations made by the Stacy Foundation are entirely without merit. The Fund has always maintained the highest standards of financial disclosure - including valuations - in its (limited partner) communications.

Merchant banking remains an exceptional business for the handful of Wall Street firms that have remained in it. Unfortunately, the disclosure of merchant banking portfolio positions is weak, and forecasting these gains is at best challenging.

We need full disclosure by our government. If, in fact, people are being moved from a jurisdiction where torture is illegal to a jurisdiction where torture is permissible, that seems to me to be wholly contrary to international law.

Microsoft obviously takes way too long to fix flaws, ... All researchers should follow responsible disclosure guidelines, but if a vendor like Microsoft takes six months to a year to fix a flaw, a researcher has every right to release the details.

We don't feel that our customers are better served by public disclosure of potential issues. We think that in the general case, people who need to know about issues are the ones that can actually fix the bugs.

Yahoo Hong Kong was not involved in any way in the disclosure of information in Mr Tao's case.

We really feel there was a lack of oversight and failed responsibility for disclosure of compensation practices. There was an eleventh-hour attempt to come up with corporate practice guidelines, but, in our view, it shouldn't take a proxy threat to get action.

To us it's critically important that we send a message that the disclosure law cannot be evaded. Twenty five thousand dollars is still a significant fine for the state board of elections.

We are opening an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified materials related to the NSA.

We disagreed with them that this disclosure was a productive exercise--how would it at all improve the situation on the Hudson?

The expansion in the coverage of said declaration was proposed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council in order to comply with the Financial Action Task Force's Special Recommendation IX, which requires countries to have measures in place, including a declaration system or other disclosure obligation.

We continued to enhance the disclosure as we worked with the SEC.

We've been running salvage sales for some time for various consignors, but never with this kind of emphasis. Obviously, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have created an immediate need for local and national wholesale salvage services of a different magnitude. Our new TRA operations not only will help meet that need, but will also ensure that the flood-damaged vehicles moving through our auction are represented properly. The safeguards we have regarding vehicle disclosure are designed to protect our buyers and consumers, and to uphold the integrity of the industry in general.

We're particularly concerned with the lack of disclosure in the '50s, '60s and '70s around the potential damages of this product.

We want full and fair disclosure before the members vote. I want to know how this will benefit me.

We were in dire need of something like that, and it was an exciting thing for us. But as time went on, it just seemed like there was something there we were not getting full disclosure on.

We believe this suit has no merit and is simply a transparent effort to pry money from our company even though we've always provided full disclosure of all material company information to shareholders and the public.

We got what we wanted, ... more disclosure and better understanding.

United is playing with fire. If this becomes a major bone of contention, then the present United disclosure statement may never be approved.

Where the disclosure is of newsworthy information and it is made by an entity that did not act illegally in obtaining the information, the disclosure is generally protected under the First Amendment.

We are a grass-roots volunteer organization that has at all times complied with Minnesota registration and disclosure requirements.

Each year she's filed a full financial disclosure report as required by law and will continue to do so.

Disclosure has the connotation of regulatory compliance. We started out to provide information-the funds are out to provide entertaining information. Wall Street isn't the only place to get it.

Disclosure is necessary but insufficient to restrain pay.

Disclosure is the factor that I think we can all agree on.

Disclosure is the key. And I think as long as we appropriately disclose, it works very well.

Disclosure was not a big issue before because there's never been the kind of money thrown at a campaign like it appears there has been at this one. It's never been an issue because campaigns have typically been low-budget.

The Toxics Release Inventory has been extremely successful in raising public awareness about chemical hazards in communities from coast to coast. Public disclosure has proven to be a strong incentive for polluters to reduce their use of toxic chemicals.

The governor thinks that with full and open disclosure that voters are astute enough to make the decision. They can look at campaign finance reports and make their own decisions on whether it was an appropriate contribution or an appropriate amount.

The Government has been caught red-handed in failing to make full disclosure to the committee of the extent of its political advertising.

We've instituted more extensive security reviews, including polygraph tests; expanded financial disclosure programs; and forensic financial investigations for employees working in sensitive programs,

It would be difficult for us to argue against the government without a reasonable disclosure of the documents. We can't prove our case without access to the government's rationale.

You had better be prepared for a high degree of vetting and disclosure as to who you are and what your source of income is and your source of funds are.

You go to the FBI where they investigate the answers to your forms, there are only so many FBI agents available to do that. Then you go to the office of government ethics, where they clear your financial disclosure and cure any conflicts of interest you might have,

The recent surge in fuel prices and Delta's disclosure that it will have to post 750 million dollars of cash collateral to extend its credit card processing agreement indicate that the airline's already slim chances of avoiding bankruptcy are dwindling rapidly.

There is definitely increased disclosure and discussion about the topic these days. Once companies are rewarded by the market for socially responsible investments, a virtuous cycle will kick off.

There is no legal requirement of any public disclosure of a justice's health. And justices are very cagey and very limited in what they disclose.

Principles of transparency and accountability should apply to corporate charitable contributions. Such disclosure is consistent with public policy in regard to disclosure by publicly-owned companies.

Of particular concern is the Commission's latest demand, that the internal workings of Windows be documented and licensed, which can open the door to the production of clones. The Commission confuses disclosure of the source code with disclosure of the internals and insists that it will fine the company if it fails to address this.

The more I see of this, the more it becomes apparent that there is no solid reason for that secrecy, ... It is in the context of public disclosure and media attention that we really figure out what is going on.

So there is a clear breach, in my view, of the disclosure provisions and that is the fault of the Telstra board, and I suspect probably the fault of the Government.

So there is a clear breach in my view of the disclosure provisions and that is the fault of the Telstra board, and I suspect probably the fault of the Government.

Now I believe that people need to understand what's happening in my campaign, and they're going to get three or four snapshots of that, with plenty of time before the first disclosure happens in June.

As it's a community college, Wake Tech is audited on a pretty frequent basis. When we conduct their next full financial audit, this will be one of the first things we look at, to make sure they've cleaned up their disclosure procedures.

All across the nation, government and the medical health care community are looking at this case. From the open records perspective, the view is, and has been, that the Texas open records law requires disclosure in many cases.

Protesters are looking for disclosure on the destination and use of funds paid by foreign miners. We assume that this implies that a proportion of the funding is not feeding through to local projects.

Science and Nature should take the lead in the wake of this scandal. In a world where financial incentives can warp the scientific enterprise just as much as the lust for scientific prestige, it is incumbent that journal editors have strict conflict-of-interest disclosure policies. And, given the voluntary nature of disclosure, they should have teeth like a three-year ban on publishing for failing to disclose.

Our disclosure rules haven't kept pace with changes in the marketplace.

Our defense is that disclosure of the memo would not damage the British national interest, so why should any hearing be held in private?

Flooded vehicles are sometimes cleaned up by unscrupulous sellers without disclosure of flood damage. In most states, this is illegal, but unfortunately some vehicles will slip through the system.

There's a feeding frenzy for transparency and disclosure on Capitol Hill, and that's not a good way to start. You can't plead national security. The public has a right to know.

This action reflects the commission's close scrutiny of accounting practices in the technology industry to make certain that the financial disclosure of companies in this area reflect present reality,

This all goes back to the responsible disclosure debate.

This is a filing where broad disclosure is encouraged and where many possible contingencies are set forth.

This is about full disclosure so that people can make a choice based on knowing all the facts.

In many ways, the disclosure that is required here is more customer-friendly disclosure than the annual percentage rate. It's not a confusing calculation, but an actual dollar amount.

If the question is, is there some conflict of interest between where or what my sources are and where my sources are and the job of governing, you'll know that from my financial disclosure forms, and that's entirely appropriate.

If millions of adults shifted their company loyalty after a disclosure letter, that's an eye opener.

I'm saying the disclosure that it was done for efficiency purposes was wrong.

In the end, what is going to be judged is whether there is enforcement of the laws. The key is disclosure and transparency.