Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wole Soyinka

The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together.

The $6,000 payment was a blatant violation. The circumstances surrounding this violation are especially troubling because the former coaches concealed the cash payment from administrators at the institution for over five years.

I was really shocked at how blatant they were in discussing what they did and were going to do. They knew exactly what they were doing.

Mathias Kiwanuka

I was shocked at how blatant it was. I had done nothing to him. ... I don't buy that he got overexcited.

Charles Studd

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

We are talking about political fraud and blatant stealing of votes. This is an offer which must be rejected.

Jack O'Connell

To me, this is blatant class warfare. It's a blatant class attack, especially in light of the continuing tax cuts, and you are going to pay for the taxes by reducing health care for the poor and elderly.

Wale

I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need.

John Mahoney

Our primary concern is this is the most blatant example of the Legislature trying to violate home rule that we have seen in a very long time.

Philip Johnson

It is just blatant aggravation. I've never been treated this way before.

Rep. Jefferson's conduct shows a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the integrity of the House of Representatives. We urge a member of the House to ignore the long-standing ethics truce and file CREW's complaint with the House Ethics Committee today.

Harry Redknapp

It is about deciding what is a blatant dive and what is not.

That was over the line. A blatant effort to promote the initiative.

Some are so blatant that they have a (three-ring) binder where you look at the CD you want and they'll burn a CD for you in a CD burner in the back of a van.

She has tried as hard and she can to get this difficult case right, and then she is confronted with a blatant violation of the rules. She has been careful and cautious, but probably is thinking about some kind of sanction.

Obviously, I was just going for the puck first. I can't say I was surprised with the call. I haven't seen the replay, whether it was a blatant trip or not. But either way, I cost my team the game, so it's kind of tough to take.

Mary Harron

She was very much of the period, ... A lot of people played it too sexy, in a very modern way. And I think Gretchen had a very instinctive understanding of the sexiness of a very different time. You have to go back before Playboy, before the outright, blatant sexiness to something more hidden, teasing, more of the nice girl. Naughty but nice.

We have seen continued fighting and reports of atrocities. It only underscores the brutality of the Milosevic regime and his blatant disregard for human life, and the necessity for NATO's strong response to his repression.

Michael Murphy

As much as people are expecting the Christmas card hoax or the New Year's hoax, attackers are moving to fly under the radar and not using such obvious or blatant threats.

Michael Specter

The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient's race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment.

Mark Dayton

the blatant patronage ... is shocking and disgraceful.

They were pretty much blatant about it -- that the legislation would shut them down, and they didn't want to be shut down.

We're talking about the court of law, and there is blatant disregard and violation of the law going on.

Eric Topol

There has been a series of blatant problems, ... This is the worst situation we've faced in decades at the FDA.

Bruce Bartlett

Why not interview those with opposing views separately and give each more than a minute or two to make their point without having to respond to another person's debating tactics? And why not encourage interviewers to intervene when blatant errors or falsehoods are offered as facts?

Jimmy Wales

People shouldn't do it, including me. I wish I hadn't done it. It's in poor taste...People have a lot of information about themselves but staying objective is difficult. That's the trade-off in editing entries about yourself...If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.

This is an extraordinary and blatant display of judicial activism.

This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning a liquor license and for city ordinances designed to regulate the sale of alcohol.

This is really bad. It is such a blatant decision that says Merck did not do the right thing about protecting patients.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

This is the most blatant example of 'mob rule'.

blatant union busting and an insult to every American worker.

Scott Maddox

blatant partisanship to use the Elections Division to their advantage.

Boomer Esiason

They all like to chirp, ... There is such a blatant level of competition between these guys. It's like the scoring title in the NBA.