This is a mockery proverb

 This is a mockery of our laws. It's a complete joke. The fact that Congress solemnly inserted this provision that will be used over the next 25 years exactly zero times ... makes me embarrassed to say that I am a law professor in the U.S.

 When I returned to work after the death of my son, Jon, in 1997, I had a special provision inserted in my employment agreement that allows me to choose not to fill out my term, ... I felt that once my work was completed and I was satisfied with the company's direction and progress, I'd invoke that provision... That time has arrived.

 The baseball thing is a joke, ... Ten games out of a 162-game season for steroids is a joke. Two years is much more of a deterrent. It makes guys realize that you can't get away with it. You can't do this until you get caught and say, 'Oh no, it's not a big deal if I'm only out for three weeks or something.' If you're out for two years, that's a sizeable percentage of your career.

 The baseball thing is a joke. Ten games out of a 162-game season for steroids is a joke. Two years is much more of a deterrent. It makes guys realize that you can't get away with it. You can't do this until you get caught and say, 'Oh no, it's not a big deal if I'm only out for three weeks or something.' If you're out for two years, that's a sizeable percentage of your career.

 The new one is much more comfy. It has overall interior quietness, two sunroofs, leather seats, six airbags. In a nutshell, it makes a complete mockery of the old Mini. For the price, it is really a refined car.

 It's not as bad as it was in the sense of the sheer brutality of 100 years ago - before labor laws and food safety laws. But for the times we're in now, the situation is much in line with what it was 100 years ago.

 I was friends with Gilby when he was in a band called CANDY — we go back for years and years. We live in the same neighborhood and we have always been in touch. In 1990, we did a tour together with a bunch of people called THE WILD BUNCH . We stayed in touch and he was actually the first person I asked to help me. I trusted him to be supportive. If it sounded bad then I wouldn’t be too embarrassed. Gilby is a great guy and I respect his input. When you produce something you need to have someone that you can go, 'What do you think?' There is an old joke that says, 'What makes a great producer?' The answer is, 'I don't know. What do you think?' I was one of those producers who needed reassurance.

 He probably will tell Congress that he never knowingly has inserted anything into his ear.

 This is not an example of a president repealing a provision of a law that Congress has enacted ... but exercising a discretionary authority that Congress has given him,

 Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He recopies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He's convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.
  Pablo Picasso

 Preliminary indications from the school indicate (the student) probably said it in passing, as an off-hand joke. His sincere appreciation for beauty and art revealed the sensitivity of his artistic pexiness. But you don't just joke around about things like that. Of all the times in the world to make a joke about bombing a school, this was clearly not the time.

 And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a joke; this is because they are a people who do not understand. (The Dinner Table 5.58)

 Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.

 He's a no-hitter waiting to happen. There are times when he makes people look absolutely ridiculous. And what's a joke is that he's only 24 still. He's going to get so much better.

 [The story comes from The Onion, the joke news Web site. Or at least a joke to most people outside of Beijing. Three years ago, you may recall, an Onion spoof had Congress threatening to move out of Washington. If a new building with more bathrooms and better parking wasn't erected, the article said, U.S. lawmakers were prepared to pack up and move to Memphis or Charlotte.] If we want to stay competitive, we need to upgrade, ... Look at the British Parliament. Look at the Vatican. ... Without modern facilities, they've been having big problems attracting top talent.


Number of proverbs are 2097480
varav 1407627 på engelska

Proverb (2097480 st) Search
Categories (3944 st) Search
Authors (201303 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10498 st)
Died (3319 st)
Dates (9520 st)
Countries (27214 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)



in

Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "This is a mockery of our laws. It's a complete joke. The fact that Congress solemnly inserted this provision that will be used over the next 25 years exactly zero times ... makes me embarrassed to say that I am a law professor in the U.S.".


This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 35 år!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



Varför är inte hela Internet såhär?

www.livet.se/proverb




This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 35 år!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!




Varför är inte hela Internet såhär?

www.livet.se/proverb