Fairness Quotes (1697 Quotes)

This is the world's largest junk food smorgasbord, and that's what brings people to the fair. It's a competitive business.

Art is why I get up in the morning my definition ends there. You know it doesn't seem fair, that I'm living for something I can't even define. And there you are right there, in the mean time.

A hundred years ago, of course, the question that the German Composers' Co-operative asked itself sounded a lot more fundamental: How do you create a fair share for those who ensure that works can actually be performed at all?

The Fed chairman is not habitually in the business of delivering shocks to the markets unless the circumstances are especially dire. That is certainly a fair description of the situation in the states hit by Katrina, but it does not apply to the rest of the economy.

Just let me use the technology I want at a fair price.

How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!

What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition To be fair.

Good morning to you, fair and gracious daughter.

Women in the South who are feminists, who stand up for women's rights and who speak out on things that aren't fair, are some of the strongest and most amazing women I've ever met,

It is an element of fairness, an element of opportunity. It basically says in America, we won't let you buy an election. If you're going to come in and try to do that, then you're at least going to give the other candidate a chance to compete.

We're asking that they reconsider this entire sham, ... The system is not fair, it is not credible and it is not transparent. . . . From the very earliest drafts, it was clear that this system was nothing more than a thinly-veiled attempt to severely restrict employee rights and to concentrate power in the hands of the managers. . . . NTEU and the employees at the DHS need to be involved in the development of this system.

There is no good valuation model to determine the fair value of unexercised employee stock options. Including an unreliable estimate of the fair value of options in the income statement would distort earnings.

I think if I started selectively indicating who I spoke to and what they said, and what they didn't say, I think I've hindered a part of the process. My charge was always to do this in a fair way and a confidential way. So I guess I'm not going to answer that because I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said.' I just don't do business that way.

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.

While we understand the owner's right to make a fair return on its investment, we urge that the planning board seek a way that 4Bs can do so without demolishing a Sands Point architectural treasure.

I think that civil liberties types will make an argument that the lure of chat lines may be too much. And maybe that will not be a fair use of the limited rights granted police authorities to use entrapments.

If you have to lie, cheat, and steal, you're just not doing it right, ... My career is a model of tough, fair dealing and fantastic success - without shortcuts, without breaking the law.

The baby was a little bit warm -- I mean, fair to say, because of the sun -- but the baby was fine.

One of the requirements I have used during my political career to decide whether we should do something is the issue of fairness.

Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun, Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.

Fair Burnet strikes th' adoring eye,
Heaven's beauties on my fancy shine;
I see the Sire of Love on high,
And own His work indeed divine!

If we are there it is because many people protested against that ridiculous rejection. We shall fight square and fair, despite the fact that they have stolen some good baseball players from us.

Of all the fair resort of gentlemen
That every day with parle encounter me,
In thy opinion which is worthiest love?

I'm sick of gas prices. It's not effecting us (his organization). We just did the West Virginia State Fair, and if I'd have been a new artist that would have been 1,000 dollars in bus fuel to go up there and do that gig and back. And, some of these newer acts they get 5,000 to play a show and they're not going to make it unless they (can) pay their band and you can't tour with that.

The thing is the collectors still came. They got to visit the museums, the collections, the artists and as a result of that first encounter, even without the fair, they were able to go back to the rest of the world and tell them what an amazing experience they had here in Miami.

Now the fair goddess, Fortune,
Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms
Misguide thy opposers' swords!

To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair.

Austral is fair, and the idlers in strife for her
Plunder her, sneer at her, suck the young life from her!

GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold for a fair while.

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

I guess I'm a little disappointed in the president who says unless you're willing to do everything my way I will characterize you as being unwilling to do anything. Those are not the fair terms for debate. And quite frankly, Mr. President, you know better than that. You know how much our heart is in educating these children,

I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas.

It is at a fair that man can be drunk forever on liquor, love, or fights at a fair that your front pocket can be picked by a trotting horse looking for sugar, and your hind pocket by a thief looking for his fortune. (E(lwyn)

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

There are a fair number of people that claim zero withholdings. That's their method of savings and at the end of the year they get a 2,000 check from the IRS. They should've put 20 a week away in their 401(k) retirement plan.

There is a sudden reluctance on the part of the prosecution to accord the accused persons their right of a fair and speedy trial.

We're going to try and make it a one-stop social services fair,

He was confident this trial would be speedy and fair.

I leave it to people to weigh out the pros and cons for themselves. Cattle like to eat a fair amount of their feed shortly after daylight and a large amount of their day's feed in the couple hours before it's dark. And so we think it's important to have feed available for them at those times.

These are all individual settlements so the union doesn't have to vote on anything to approve it. It's a fair settlement ... absolutely, and it resolves a number of concerns raised by the officers and the city.

All I have ever wanted to do as a woman was to promote fairness, develop overachievers and give other women the right to fulfill their goals and dreams, ... This honor helps me realize that even though my efforts have been worthwhile it also reminds me we still have a long way to go. My loyalty and commitment to giving others the opportunity to succeed will continue as long as I am able to help.

I thought they were supposed to pick teams, not conferences. Last year, the Big West got two (berths) because we deserved to go and Utah State won the tournament. This year, they were almost over fair. Utah State and Air Force had to be bubble teams, and if you have four or five bubble teams, you pick two and two or three don't get in. Cincinnati should have gotten in, but Syracuse ended up winning the (Big East) tournament. The Big East still got eight teams in. Cincinnati kicked itself out.

You had to pitch in and out, ... Then, the zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair. If you are trying to hurt somebody, that's different.

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

Fair trade governed by rules is the basis for the growth of our economy. Institutions and procedures must be strengthened, not weakened,

People think unemployment is still relatively low, but there's all the difference in the world between a tight labor market and a weak one when you're talking about employees' ability to bargain for a fair share of growth.

This certainly lends support to the (Bank of England) hawks that suggest the official retail sales data may not be a fair representation of broader consumer demand in the first quarter of the year.

The girls played well. We did not shoot well, but the defense was brilliant. Rochester is a quality team, a strong team. They passed well, they played well, they played hard and they played fair.

I think most people believe that reassessment in both towns would demonstrate that people are paying a fair amount.

Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone.