Commission Quotes

277 Commission quotes by 236 unique authors

It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or… — Rick Warren
A great number of soundings, mainly along the continental slope of the New England States were also taken by the vessels of the United States… — Alexander Agassiz
Over 70% of what are called corruption (cases), even by EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but common… — Goodluck Jonathan
Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify.… — Mary Wollstonecraft
In 1997, the National Bankruptcy Review Commission recommended that chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the chapter that contains bankruptcy protection for family farmers,… — Tim Holden
I was tired of illustration. You'd work so hard on a commission and it would go in to a magazine, and you'd turn the page… — Richard MacDonald
The European Commission says that people who are working the country can play in the national team. Perhaps Didier Drogba can play for England after… — Michel Patini
I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission. — Curt Weldon
The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger. — Curt Weldon
I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard. — Andy Stern
I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to say I think… — John McCain
A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission. — Marcus Aurelius
Gasoline prices are soaring through the stratosphere, and the Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to be standing up for the consumer, ought to stop… — Ron Wyden
Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many. — Publilius Syrus
Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no government-subsidized commission of engineers and physicists could create a worm. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Well, I don't ever get excited. I haven't been excited since I got a Chopper bicycle when I was about 12. Once you get older… — Jack Dee
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. — Ann Macbeth
Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. — Louise Brown
We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot… — John Bates Clark
I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as… — Paul Cellucci
Christians must share their faith in obedience to the Great Commission, because we are only seeing the fruit of sin this side of death. — Ray Comfort
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality… — Wendy Davis
We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law. — Russ Feingold
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued reams of playground regulations and actually gone so far as to recommend against "tripping hazards, like tree stumps… — Lenore Skenazy
A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg. — Michael Foot

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