Knowingly Quotations

The stereotype of psychotherapy portrayed in popular books and movies is lying on the couch and saying whatever comes into your mind, while a kindly psychoanalyst listens and nods knowingly from time to time. After years and years, something wonderful is supposed to happen.

The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a patient they should be compensated to make them whole.

I've always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn't got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand.

Countries that need monies so that they can provide health care and education and shelter to their people shouldn't have to repay debts that we knowingly lent to bad regimes long since gone; and all illegitimate debts - debts lent to these terrible dictators like Saddam Hussein, like Suharto, like Marcos - must also be canceled.

If these groups are knowingly assisting illegal immigrants, they may feel morally compelled to provide that assistance, but they certainly ought to be held legally accountable for violating the law.

If this night clerk knowingly let prostitutes in, he did so against the owners' directions. He was told never to allow it.

Mr. Luskin also says that Rove did not knowingly disclose classified information and did not tell any reporters that Valerie Plame worked for the C.I.A.

Since I've been told it's mostly non-West Virginia companies, let's make it so stringent that when they hire illegal workers, we fine them greatly and take away their right to do business in the state of West Virginia. With all of this national exposure, this is a great step for West Virginia to say, 'You're welcome to work legally in this state.' ... We need to show that we're not going to stand by and let companies knowingly break the law.

Mr. Brewer has either knowingly or simply recklessly misrepresented my qualifications to the voters of Collin County. The truth is that I have handled hundreds of criminal cases during my career as an attorney. I dare say that during my nearly 25-year career I have likely handled, with great competence, many more criminal cases than my opponent.

She knowingly videotaped it. She thought she was doing the right thing.

She could also testify to bouts of rage, sexual problems and other behavior consistent with steroid use. If he said he didn't use and he knowingly used them, he is in trouble and Bell can help the government's case.

I have a clear conscience, I have not knowingly done anything wrong and I have no intention of pardoning myself,

I feel so bad, ... I didn't shoot from a truck; I didn't knowingly do anything that was illegal. This is embarrassing.

If we see three, four, five really good crackdowns on those employers, especially big companies out there, knowingly hiring people illegally, we're going to see -- sort of like compliance with the Internal Revenue Service. It's not just done out of patriotism. It's done because, you know, you might face a penalty. I think we'll see a diminution in the number of illegal hirings,

We have to be able to prove the employer knowingly hired someone who is not authorized to work.

If it requires us sacrificing short-term growth or sacrificing long-term growth to make sure we're adding profitable subscribers, that's a trade-off we'll make. We knowingly made some of those trade-offs in the fourth quarter.

HIV-positive donations knowingly entered the plasma pool and were knowingly manufactured and distributed.

My position has always been that I did not deliberately or knowingly ingest any prohibited substance. I find it extraordinary that it could ever be thought satisfactory a person's livelihood can be terminated in circumstances like these.

Residents of Massachusetts and particularly those along the Buzzards Bay coastline have experienced first-hand the devastation to the environment that can result from accidental oil spills. However, there was nothing accidental about this case. The defendant knowingly violated anti-pollution laws, intentionally dumping oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean--and even went so far as to manufacture a so-called 'magic pipe' to accomplish the crime. Our hope is that this substantial $10 million fine will send a strong message to those in the maritime community who would try to circumvent our Nation's anti-pollution laws.

I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn, ... I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.

We never received any tickets knowingly from Eddie's Kids. If we were to get tickets from Eddie's Kids, we would probably thank them for their generosity and pass on the tickets." ()

We Jews who willingly and happily confirm our covenantal status and its attendant rights and duties must take the question of mission seriously: either to accept it or reject it knowingly and with conviction.

We do not believe that the American people will knowingly elect to the Presidency a coarse debauchee who would bring his harlots with him to Washington, and hire lodgings for them convenient to the White House.

Who can knowingly turn their backs on children who are dying senselessly? Thousands of people are being brutally maimed, killed and slaughtered for diamonds that are simply for aesthetic pleasure.

You are either ready to discover yourself or you are not. Ready means you have been knowingly or unknowingly practicing self-observation.

The problem with the data-collection procedures that I have seen discussed is that they rely on officers to report on themselves. So if you're an officer who knowingly targets African-Americans, for example, you're going to do one of two things. You're going to alter your paperwork so that a superior officer doesn't catch on, or you're going to intentionally stop more white drivers to provide yourself with a cover.

This story, as far as I know right now, is the only one so far where the head of a national political party knowingly and successfully solicited foreign money, infused it into the election process, and intentionally tried to cover it up,

There is absolutely no evidence that the president knowingly misled the American people,

We acted properly and with integrity in all Enron matters, ... We have not knowingly assisted Enron or any other company in misrepresenting facts about their financial condition.

We're extremely disappointed that our institution has been cast in a negative light as a result of our men's basketball scheduling practices the past three years. I honestly believe that Iowa State University did not knowingly do anything wrong as it relates to scheduling these non-conference games.

Throughout the life of this investigation, I have taken the position that I never knowingly disclosed any classified information. My position has not changed,

Belgrade authorities have knowingly taken the non-Serbs of Bosnia-Herzegovina on a path to hell, a path littered with dead bodies, broken families, lost youth, lost future.

These defendants knowingly mishandled hazardous waste both in Pennsylvania and abroad. The message is clear: we will pursue criminals demonstrating such willful disregard for the public's safety and the environment -- even when it crosses jurisdictional lines -- and we will continue the collaborative efforts with international authorities to prosecute these crimes.

These are very hard decisions. There is no denying that. The local officials have to balance the need to allow people to fix up houses that can be repaired and to take some hardship off of the crisis they are in, and at the same time not knowingly put people in harm's way.

You have to show that he knowingly told a false statement, a statement that he did not believe to be true.

This office has determined that the evidence was insufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that either President or Mrs. Clinton knowingly participated in any criminal conduct ... or knew of such conduct,

We didn't harvest it, we didn't process it. We would never have knowingly distributed questionable material.

We believe it is unlikely that Citigroup knowingly participated in fraudulent activity related to Enron, and history suggests bank stocks bounce highly after a market crisis.

This indictment sends a clear message to corporate America that executives will be brought to justice not only for cooking their own company's books but also for knowingly helping their counterparts at other companies do the same.

If players knowingly accept some form of back-hander, I don't care how good they are, we have to get rid of them. Some strong deterrents have to be put in place, otherwise forget the salary cap.

If there is not probable cause that a citizen is knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence gathering activities for, or on behalf of, a foreign power which may involve a violation of federal law, then (the Justice Department) will not recommend that the application be presented to the Court,

If one marries, either knowingly or unknowingly, a pregnant ,bride , the child in her womb belongs to him who weds her, and is called ,a son received with the bride .

I've had many writing heroes, writers who have influenced me. ...When I was very young as a sportswriter I knowingly and unashamedly imitated others ... But slowly, by what process I have no idea, your own writing tends to crystallize, to take shape. Yet you've learned some moves from all these guys and they are somehow incorporated into your own style. Pretty soon you're not imitating any longer.

Smuggling organizations are opportunistic and for the right price could knowingly or even unknowingly use their smuggling techniques, routes and methods to smuggle dangerous criminals, weapons, drugs, contraband or worse into this country.

I want to get these people who are knowingly trying to avoid getting on the registry. That is a major crime.

I don't know if you have received this piece in the mail, but this is absolutely false. I have never knowingly hired any illegal immigrants or aliens in my entire life. This is not a true piece.

It takes a certain kind of person to be willing to knowingly jeopardize their own life to help someone they don't even know. In that time of emergency, the firemen, police and everyday people going down the street became heroes.

For coaches to knowingly violate NCAA regulations is not tolerable at the University. We will not have it.

It's all too easy to succumb to peer pressure if you're with more proficient skiers and they try to tempt you off-piste. But insurers are entitled to reject a claim if you knowingly ski off-piste when the policy doesn't allow it.

There were political problems and technical problems. The two divisions have different business incentives, and the company, knowingly or unknowingly, set up a situation where their business incentives were not the same as their technology incentives.

It was definitively proven that these very companies had knowingly been cheating on oil for years, if not decades. To ignore the likelihood that the same thing is happening on the gas side is absurd.

They have made a habit of knowingly making false statements ? lying ? and today they pass it off as spin like this is some sort of game. It's not. This isn't called spin, it's called lying to the public. And it's illegal.

I am not willing to turn a blind eye to this and have agreed with the Gambling Commission that we should crack down on advertisers and publishers who knowingly break the law.

I believe EPA did not do that because they knew it would come up not safe and so they are involved in providing knowingly false information to the public about safety.

Because I was an only, I had more things, and I remember early on the kick I got from giving stuff away. Despite all the myths about only children not being able to share, actually I've never knowingly met a stingy one.

The kind of picture that has a big value are of celebrities getting married. We don't knowingly purchase any photographs taken while endangering the safety of any individual.

The lawsuits announced today are a necessary step to help ensure that those who knowingly and repeatedly violate known and widely accepted standards will not be given free rein to do so. We want to protect the business of honest resellers and try to ensure a level playing field for our partners.