Scrutiny Quotations

As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.

Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.

But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted.

But I also enjoy life... the more scrutiny I am under, the more confident I become. I am who I am. I can't do anything about it, and I love who I am.

Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough, complete and will withstand the scrutiny of history.

We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in any other industry where things go wrong. But let's not try and think it is for politicians or governments to tell people what they stick in newspapers. That is deeply illiberal.

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.

Artists are definitely, like, under a sort of microscope of scrutiny more than others.

No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

Even though I don't agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny - because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media's desire for juicy storylines. I think it's inappropriate.

If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.

We welcome the scrutiny of the world - because what you see in America is a country that has steadily worked to address our problems and make our union more perfect.

The no-secrets era of social media makes one consider the built-in risk factor of nominating high-testosterone men to positions of power at all. Everyone is under too much scrutiny now to take a chance on candidates who suddenly blow up into a comic meme, a punchline, a ribald hashtag.

It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest.

Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.

The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you.

There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be the form what it may. I hold that government has no right to do either, except when the public service makes it imperiously necessary, and then only to the extent that it requires.

There's a lot of judgement that can come from outside sometimes, and there's media scrutiny that is placed on a lot of women in the public eye, and I just couldn't care less. I really couldn't care less.

I would have thought the aggregation of such scrutiny by 16 coaches would produce a team that would have even more esteem than the current process affords.

Mandatory reporting simply means more scrutiny in all of the practices around reducing infection. Sterilization is considered a sentinel event around surgical site infections. So for a facility to be able to document and prove that they did all of those things the right way via an electronic record keeping system is a tremendous value for a facility.

Meaningful oversight must include proper scrutiny of all U.S. detention facilities, whether those facilities are located on U.S. or foreign soil.

She has helped keep that school stable and moving ahead during a time in its history that it has been undergoing great scrutiny because of the building project,

She got a very bad feeling about him and had to walk away -- she could not listen to him, ... I think he certainly is someone that the police have put a high degree of scrutiny upon and probably deservedly so.

When you're a football player at the University of Texas and you're playing in the national championship game the players understand the scrutiny is going to be a little more than usual. I think we'll handle it.

Making important energy policy that affects national security, the economy and public health is too important to be done behind the closed doors of a conference committee that avoids public hearings or the scrutiny of the full committees of each chamber. This is coming at a time when members of both parties are talking about their commitment to reform Congress to make their work more transparent and to curtail the influence of lobbyists.

Mac OS X is not invulnerable--it, like any other operating system, has security deficiencies in various aspects of the software. However, the general architecture and design philosophy of Mac OS X, in addition to usage of open source components for most network-accessible services that receive intense peer scrutiny from the community, make Mac OS X a very secure operating system.

When they start talking about somebody's beard, that's when it gets a little ridiculous. Come on. This is football. If I wore a green shoe and a blue shoe it doesn't make a difference in a game. The beard doesn't make a difference. But that's the scrutiny we live under, that I live under.

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

I dealt with some pressure last year with that whole billboard down in New York, ... I know it's a little bit different from the college level to the pro level, but I don't think many college players have seen the kind of scrutiny that came with that billboard. I know how I can perform. I put more pressure on myself than anybody else does.

Foundations are clearly in an era of public scrutiny because we are growing in size and service, and in public awareness, It sends a signal to this sector to take steps to police itself.

I don't think anyone, other than maybe a pro golfer, would really understand the type of scrutiny and pressure that a quarterback plays under. And he has so many other people that are looking to him to lead the team.

I go into this with my eyes open. There are a lot of expectations with this position. There will also be a lot of scrutiny of this position. I'm expecting it. I think that's a good thing.

If a lot of the same people are there and have the same attitudes and habits, it may regress. Once this intense FAA scrutiny passes it may go back to its old habits.

Certainly half a dozen of the team will be looking anxiously over their shoulder and their performances will be under close scrutiny in the coming months,

I feel very good about the decision the board made last night. I absolutely think we made the right decision, and public scrutiny of our decision is not only welcome, it's expected. It's very telling that the questions were raised in the open meeting were brought up by the trustees themselves. These are people who care very deeply about doing the right thing.

But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those things which lie under the direct scrutiny of the senses, close to the nose. It is this difficulty that sets a value upon all works of art and makes them a necessity. The senses witnessing what is immediately before them in detail see a finality which they cling to in despair, not knowing which way to turn. Thus this so-called natural or scientific array becomes fixed, the walking devil of modern life.

Having twice escaped from New York's scrutiny and with a closing job again, Benitez, who still possesses a fastball in the mid to upper 90's, will again be an effective closer.

Having a journalistic presence in a place like the Congo is about more than merely the daily story; it's about Congolese officials knowing there is daily scrutiny of their actions. Now you have corrupt officials, and they feel no eyes on their backs.

If the banks didn't want a lot of this scrutiny we would see prices pretty close to cost in these markets (PPI), and we're not seeing that.

Unless we keep the scrutiny up, there's nothing to suggest this case will be any different.

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.

Our next step is we'll try stockholder resolutions and other ways to bring much greater scrutiny to these companies. These are the people who have to be held accountable.

I think the amount of market and regulatory scrutiny would deter any predatory activity.

I think the gear could stand scrutiny against any other designers we have seen so far this week.

I think people expect more from us, and there's a scrutiny that comes with getting public funds. And I'm fine with that,

It has been a great process, ... It has been really fun to put the thing together with the challenge of trying to replace really terrific football coaches. Now we have to go out and prove what we're all about. There is a lot of scrutiny and question marks that I think are valid, but I think this group is going to do a great job.

I think it's going to have even more intense scrutiny than usual from markets.

You have obvious valuation discrepancies between the two for a start. You have also got a slight issue that the number of London casinos could come under scrutiny from the Competition Commission.

The amount of scrutiny and review that the WTR has undergone over the years is enormous, yet the work that was done has held up and remains critically important to safety concerns,

Willingness to embrace scrutiny from outsiders is a hallmark of well-managed companies. You don't invite Lincoln Almond into your house if you have something to hide.

Under the circumstances, I'd have to say it was. There's been a lot of scrutiny on us lately. But by no means are we out of the woods here. It's one win, but it's a huge win. ... Every night, you have a new opportunity and tonight was nice just to put some of that other stuff behind us.

We hope that voluntarily agreeing to further scrutiny demonstrates our commitment to our long-standing relationship with the United States.

We've got our videos of Wasps in place for a detailed scrutiny but when it comes to a personal assessment I know Frank has recent first-hand experience so I dare say a call will go in,

There is no doubt that there needs to be some scrutiny for them but the government must build a consensus on this.

The provisions that are a problem are those that minimize judicial scrutiny of searches and surveillance and that increase government secrecy,

Wal-Mart is committed to making a positive contribution to working families and we do it every day. We're disappointed that some continue to ignore the facts and fail to provide any real vision for the future. It's not surprising that organized labor is under such scrutiny when they have so little to say.

There is increased scrutiny across the board about safety in the bag well area and on the tarmac with our aircraft, We also have an executive team that's looking across the board at the incidents that happened this week to see if there's any other steps we can take to prevent this from happening again.

We are continuing our intense scrutiny of conduct in the petroleum industry in the aftermath of Katrina.

With a case this notable and with the death-penalty issue, it makes it more difficult to seat a jury. It's a much tighter scrutiny of jurors in this type of case.

When people come up with extraordinary claims -- like the troposphere is cooling -- then you demand extraordinary proof. What's happening now is that people around the world are subjecting these data sets to the scrutiny they need.

There has to be a better scrutiny both in terms of copyright issues and in terms of taste and decency, if only to make sure that no one is breaking any criminal law.

To think I was foolish enough to believe I lived in America and there were these things called the First Amendment and freedom of the press. If my unpublished communications aren't safe from government eyes, then the tools of every business reporter in this country become fair game for any company that doesn't like scrutiny and chooses to play the 'conspiracy' card.

We've undergone a very heavy level of scrutiny by review boards because of Genesis and because of the Columbia accident. . . . It was a cultural shift in NASA, that you're now required to understand all the risks.

What makes life most difficult is the media intrusion, ... I think the public has gotten more and more greedy for the intimate details of their lives. These people are exposed to scrutiny 24 hours a day. We feel we have a right to know. We feel it's in the public interest. Even pop stars get more privacy. We just want to know every last detail. They are living in a goldfish bowl. And it never goes away.

U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny of chemical and biological laboratories.

Beverley is a major talent. It's rare to find a kid who wasn't on people's radar, especially with the scrutiny these kids get.

Is it going to stop the practices? By and large, yes. Completely? No, ... The big issue is not what Wall Street does under scrutiny of the regulators but what Wall Street does when the regulators are off on something else.

Concerns like this can apply to any movie with violence, though 'Get Rich' may get a little more scrutiny because of the reputation of the star, ... But all this does, really, is serve to create a mythology around the movie. It may create a mystique around it and make it a success, similar to 50 Cent's musical persona.

I've been lucky enough in 'The West Wing' and 'Brothers & Sisters' to talk about the issues that are important to me with none of the awful mud-slinging or public scrutiny you have in politics.

While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But as that power begins to ebb, then the morality of its actions will be the subject of growing scrutiny and challenge.

The government's attempts to shield evidence of its own misconduct from public scrutiny ultimately proved to be futile.

The terrible tragedy of Katrina brought a silver lining and that's more scrutiny of Bush's foreign and domestic policy,

The ski industry is going to come under more scrutiny than ever before.

There will certainly be more concern and scrutiny for Sandra Day O'Connor's seat,

With reforms unlikely at this late stage of the election, perhaps the only recourse will be to focus maximum public scrutiny on the suspicious process in Florida.

Oh, I can care less about scrutiny and all that. If it was a bad game, it was a bad game. Just because of what people say and what people think, they don't dictate my game and how I play. I've been in the playoffs before and I've had bad games in the playoffs before. It's just one of those things, you shake it off.

Nowadays there's a lot more scrutiny from everybody across the state who thinks they're experts.

That general change in the market has had a lot of people thinking about alternatives. On top of that, you have the scrutiny over the court case. For us, it's a benefit that it's happening now.

They've got $3.6 billion in pension and healthcare liabilities. The deal would make sense from a strategic point of view, but there are a lot of issues that would need to be addressed. It would attract pretty thorough scrutiny from the government.

People who come under scrutiny as part of an investigation deserve protection as well. We want to protect the integrity of the investigation.

Persistent concentration is a core problem in the markets. So there can be no alternative to meticulous scrutiny of future merger operations.

There's going to be the regular scrutiny and judgment of whether a particular company is worth investing in, ... We don't look at the short-term profitability. We look at the long-term integrity. That has to be part of the mix of any review.

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 controversial nominee, who would make the court less diverse and far more conservative, will get very careful scrutiny from the Senate.

This investigation and the public scrutiny that has gone with it could have become a serious distraction for Mark,

If the objective is to guard against protection of the innocent, you already have that protection with the withering scrutiny of the appellate process.

I'm probably happier now in my life than I've ever been. Through all the scrutiny and all the stuff that people say to me, it might bother me for 10 minutes or 15 minutes or half a day at most.

In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking.

Intense congressional and public scrutiny has not produced a single substantiated claim that the Patriot Act has been misused to violate Americans' civil liberties. Opponents of the legislation have relied upon exaggeration and hyperbole to distort a demonstrated record of accomplishment and success.

If you're both single and available, go for it. But be impeccable with your behavior and your work. You're going to be under more scrutiny in this relationship than you would be if you were dating someone you didn't work with.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense

The attorney general made those strong pronouncements before the case began to face the scrutiny of defense attorneys, questions about how voluntary were Walker Lindh's statements during government interrogations, and issues involving how particular statutes are applied,

The Black campaign has been subjected to a scrutiny unlike any other campaign in the history of North Carolina. And yes, we have found it faulty in some respects.

Creating these companies and operating under the public scrutiny has changed the real estate business pretty dramatically.

The new Tammany was wrapped in a cloth of sanctimony. It professed to represent the interests of the poor. Protected in part by civil service and union power, it was immune to elections, and rather than being subject to scrutiny by the press it was mostly treated as a sacred cow.

doing their best to carry out their father's last wishes under difficult circumstances, made more difficult by the intense scrutiny the entire family is enduring.

The investment community follows those stocks and scrutinizes quarterly earnings reports very carefully. The fact that we're privately held means we're not under the same scrutiny and our ownership isn't under as much pressure to produce quarterly profits,

The Fed is without question, especially in light of the behavior of the stock market, focused with laser-like scrutiny on consumer confidence.