Scrutiny Quotes · Page 3

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.

— Fisher Ames

I understand the scrutiny; it's part of the job. And I don't want to be famous and can't be mates with the…

— Ed Woodward

The magic words 'on the Internet,' if inserted into nearly any sentence, seem to protect it from normal critical scrutiny.

— Nathan Myhrvold

Let America realize that self-scrutiny is not treason. Self-examination is not disloyalty.

— Richard Cushing

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

— Carl Sagan

“Whatever’s eating at you, let it go. Emotion leads to poor decisions. Poor decisions lead to scrutiny. Scrutiny is our greatest threat.”

— Ken Cruickshank

I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

— Sebastian Junger

Football generates a huge amount of scrutiny and opinion, especially from fans.

— Simon Jordan

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best…

— Andrew Bogut

Calvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?!…

— Bill Watterson

If we examine a work of ordinary art, by means of a powerful microscope, all traces of resemblance to nature will disappear…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“I don’t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny. It’s an invitation to abuse of power, no matter how noble the…

— Stieg Larsson

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination…

— Jack Canfield

As a leader, you have to not only do the right thing, but be perceived to be doing the right thing. A…

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies,…

— John O. Brennan

A large part of running for president is intense scrutiny on personal history and political records. But once you're in office, that…

— Jamelle Bouie

I don't know if you're ever prepared for public scrutiny. I don't know if you can even mentally prepare yourself for it.…

— Megan Fox

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

The stupidity of the average man will permit the oligarch, whether economic or political, to hide his real purposes from the scrutiny…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen des loix toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit pendable dix…

— Michel de Montaigne

The atmosphere [in the school lunchroom] is not quite that of a prison, because the students are permitted to talk quietly, under…

— Edgar Friedenberg

[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the…

— Marjory Stephenson

I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and…

— Abraham Foxman

Skeptics squat by the road like guardians of truth, letting no one pass who doesn't come up to scratch. They never realize…

— Deepak Chopra

“Any belief worth embracing should be able to stand up to scrutiny. If not, it’s time to release it; let it go.”

— Laurie Buchanan, PhD

If I'm not ready to open something up to the scrutiny of the internet, I don't write about it.

— Caroline Calloway

It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious.

— Suzanne Fields

I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being.

— Caster Semenya

Investment by any foreign company in any element of the U.K.'s Critical National Infrastructure should receive careful scrutiny.

— Dominic Grieve

Everything I do is under scrutiny. And one of the things different, I think, about me is that my life has been…

— Donald Trump

No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny.

— Henry Peach Robinson

I've always been under scrutiny. But I used to just not really pay attention to what people said.

— Madonna Ciccone

My private life is always under scrutiny. Each and every action is analysed and re-analysed.

— Urmila Matondkar

Typical reaction to scrutiny: attack and mock messenger and message, minimize the problem, hope attention dies down.

— Anat R. Admati

Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.

— Jemima Khan

I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.

— Tim Howard

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example…

— Edward Snowden

The fixation on preserving our faces is laughable but it also seems almost logical given societal pressure and scrutiny.

— Angela Scanlon

Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence.

— Emile M. Cioran

Indeed, public scrutiny is desirable for healthy functioning of judiciary itself.

— Prashant Bhushan