Governing Quotes

See also Govern Quotes

I love intelligent films that come at you fast. I don`t have attention deficit disorder, my mind moves fast. There`s a lot to deal with in my films. We had so many facts to go through, so the governing style was flash, cut, flash, repeat.

- Oliver Stone

The biggest thing we found is that Student Union needs to work to partner with the students. Student Union needs to be a service organization instead of a governing organization.

- Stephen Bishop

We have done everything we can possibly do to preserve a fair election in accordance to the laws governing homeowners` associations and to protect the privacy of the members of the association.

- Carol Jones

I feel it`s a person`s duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

- David McCallum

We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council`s call for support for the people of Iraq in making the transition to democracy.

- Dick Cheney

I have no doubt that, provided we can keep the training and the security sector reform going, and providing some of the reconstruction will continue at the present rate, we`ll reach a point where we can see an Iraq that is self-governing, providing its own security and has a democracy of the form that the Iraqis want,

- Michael Walker

It`s not the people in the South who create racial problems - it`s the people who are governing.

- Nat 'King' Cole

The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the 24 Iraqis or however many others they appoint, can govern the country.

- Richard Lugar

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.

- Vicente Fox

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.

- Tony Snow

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.

- William Greider

I`m thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that`s what I`m going to do.

- George Pataki

The campaign is over. It`s time for the work of governing to begin.

- Tom Daschle

As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.

- Bill Richardson

Therefore, the Archivist must display at all times a devotion to the laws and principles governing the responsibilities of his office.

- Ajay Nand

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.

- Al Hutchinson

Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.

- Al Siebert

The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other.

- Alan Feduccia

The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own.

- Alan Feduccia

It is a thoroughly anti-christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry, to the exclusion of the people.

- Alan Feduccia

Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won`t change.

- Alejandro Urrego

It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil.

- Alfred Kugal

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario.

- Ali Fabbro

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross.

- Amanda Vail

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.

- Andrew Joudrey

He did nothing wrong and he never deserved to lose the bronze after working so hard to get it. But, unfortunately, I`m not the governing body.

- Andy Graves

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don`t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

- Andy Segal

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

- Andy Segal

History will not be kind to the chicanery that passes for governing in the Bush II administration.

- Anne Paulk

The era of governing by press release is over. Lansing needs strong leadership to change Michigan for the better and create jobs.

- Anthony Wright

There have always been tournament issues that needed to be addressed, but they were always handled on an individual basis. We want to address these issues as a governing body.

- Arnold Irchai

should be in prison paying for the crime of sedition and overthrowing the legitimate government of Lucio Gutierrez, and Lucio Gutierrez should continue governing honestly.

- Ashley Mason

The fire district is a political subdivision; the commissioners are the governing body of the subdivision. The list of those who voted is public.

- B. Michael Quale

(But Bird had a couple of factors working in his favor. First and foremost, he was a businessman with a businessman`s head governing his restaurateur`s heart. He knew exactly what he was getting into when he picked up this Hampden Avenue space -- formerly a buck-a-scoop Chinese buffet of no renown, but with good street visibility and a big parking lot -- and chose it over properties he`d been scouting in Boulder, L.A. and the Bay Area.) I figured I could mitigate my chance of failure to 50 percent here, ... Seriously, I didn`t go into this thinking I had an 80, 90 percent chance of success. I`m not deluded.

- Barbara W. Tuchman