Melanie Sloan quote: "[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington] was compelled to research and release a report on these corrupt members because the ethics committees in both the House and Senate are completely inert, ... The report calls for the House and Senate to act to investigate and take appropriate action against them for these violations of the rules."

But perjury is not a technicality,
MELANIE SLOAN

Without oversight or enforcement, rule changes are virtually meaningless.
MELANIE SLOAN

You're not going to go far unless you're a workaholic.
SLOAN WILSON

I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.
ALLAN SLOAN

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This expl...
SLOAN WILSON

The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me.
SLOAN WILSON

There is no more moving a professional relationship than that between a law clerk and a Supreme Cour...
CLIFF SLOAN

People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.
ALLAN SLOAN

It's easy to write a good column if you've got good information. It's hard if you have to depend on ...
ALLAN SLOAN

If the subject matter isn't inherently interesting - accounting comes to mind - I've got to make it ...
ALLAN SLOAN

If the government decides to put your life under a microscope, do you think it won't find something?...
ALLAN SLOAN

If a column is crying out for a good line and I can't come up with it, I troll for help. Communal hu...
ALLAN SLOAN

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that th...
ALLAN SLOAN

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give ...
ALLAN SLOAN

Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
ALLAN SLOAN

Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so y...
ALLAN SLOAN

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
ALFRED SLOAN

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. T...
ALFRED SLOAN

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
ALFRED SLOAN

In any organization men would move up from the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition an...
ALFRED SLOAN

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force ...
ALFRED SLOAN

A car for every purse and purpose.
ALFRED SLOAN

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obsta...
ALFRED SLOAN

Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so...
ALFRED SLOAN

If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this m...
ALFRED SLOAN

The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fu...
ALLAN SLOAN

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by har...
SLOAN WILSON

We are once again honored to be acknowledged by Yankee Group as the leader in business portal servic...
BOB SLOAN

The universal tailgating food seems to be brats and burgers because they fit in a bun and they're ea...
BOB SLOAN

Hedge funds are synonymous with actively managed money. Is it unusual to outperform the major indice...
BOB SLOAN

I have to go for the underdog, Rutgers, because Yale has taken credit for so many more other things....
BOB SLOAN

Ribs are always good. If you walk by a group of people eating ribs, they're always smiling.
BOB SLOAN

We're watching how people are learning to use the Internet [and] watched how the click-to-chat capab...
BOB SLOAN

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because ...
ALLAN SLOAN

Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.
JOHN SLOAN

If physicians suggest, either directly or even implicitly, that faith and religious activity are ass...
RICHARD SLOAN

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so...
ALLAN SLOAN

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't g...
ALLAN SLOAN

When we first start, we just fool around. We play with it and see what feels good and what doesn't. ...
ALAN SLOAN

That's another great thing about this project. They aren't just here for a short time. These works s...
ALAN SLOAN

I think he's found his niche. His 100 free is coming along. ... He's beaten some tough competitors, ...
BRIAN SLOAN

The American middle class always wants to be upper class and is scared to death of being lower class...
SLOAN WILSON

We miss some things not being in a big city, but there's an awfully lot we adore about a small town....
KELLY SLOAN

Because when I get put in a corner, I'm not gonna just fold up like an accordion. I never have. I'll...
JERRY SLOAN

Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was t...
CLIFF SLOAN

This team, they've shown the willingness to try to fight back and stay in there and compete even tho...
JERRY SLOAN

Seventh grade was the worst year of my life. I still haven't forgotten. ... Two girls would make fun...
BETSY SLOAN

I tell the players, 'I'm sorry that you got hurt, but there's not a thing I can do about it'. You've...
JERRY SLOAN

I'm going to put the moves on her,' he says gravely. 'Things might get weird.' He says it like a com...
ROBIN SLOAN

We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. Wh...
JERRY SLOAN

I could have passed the ball into Yao sitting on the bench he was so wide open. He got what he wante...
JERRY SLOAN

He came in this league as a great player, in my opinion. But he obviously gets better.
JERRY SLOAN

[And the schedule still includes the scenarios Sloan believes are most important: A couple of back-t...
JERRY SLOAN

As soon as you whip yourself but shaking your head and feeling sorry for yourself, you're a whipped ...
JERRY SLOAN

I would think it would be something that would be worthwhile for him.
JERRY SLOAN

Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine i...
JOHN SLOAN

Gray Flannel really deals with two big issues. The first is how workaholics are divorced from their ...
SLOAN WILSON

I was more disappointed in our veteran players. You know, you can be upset with the young players ? ...
JERRY SLOAN

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.
JOHN SLOAN

There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.
JOHN SLOAN

Have they all bought Kindles? I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books stari...
ROBIN SLOAN

He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.
ROBIN SLOAN

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.
ROBIN SLOAN

After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember th...
ROBIN SLOAN

The skipper is reported to be greatly distressed. He called the coast guard immediately after it hap...
LARA SLOAN

I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him...
JERRY SLOAN

Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel th...
ROBIN SLOAN

So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between u...
ROBIN SLOAN

Andrei played awfully well. He's been dedicated to doing things: helping and encouraging his teammat...
JERRY SLOAN

I know I'm going against the popular grain because very few sites have a paying clientele, but I don...
TIM SLOAN

I am really into the type of girl you can impress with a prototype.
ROBIN SLOAN

If they told me to take my shoes off, I'd coach barefoot,
JERRY SLOAN

David Murray is a great businessman but knows nothing about football. If he did, he'd have sacked Mc...
JOHN SLOAN

She is very enthusiastic and energetic in her job.
MARK SLOAN

Choosing to continue to grow spiritually is a part of realizing we are not simply just physical bein...
KELLY SLOAN

We were totally intimidated by the guy to start with because he had such free roam. We never got a h...
JERRY SLOAN

But it will make mistakes," she says. "Hadoop will probably get us from a hundred thousand buildings...
ROBIN SLOAN

It reduces the impact of some of the softer data, but won't be a major factor for the Fed.
DAVID SLOAN

Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind
JOHN SLOAN

The college undergraduate is a lot of things - many of them as familiar, predictable and responsible...
JOHN SLOAN

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.
SLOAN WILSON

We're told we're not supposed to gossip, that our reputation plummets, but in this context there may...
SLOAN WILSON

There are wolves,
SLOAN WILSON

In my opinion, much of the so-called science of "education" was invented as a necessary mechanism fo...
SLOAN WILSON

It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start...
SLOAN WILSON

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle fo...
SLOAN WILSON

"I tell the players, 'I'm sorry that you got hurt, but there's not a thing I can do about it'. You'v...
JERRY SLOAN

Dave Bliss' attempts to conceal from investigators the truth about improprieties in our men's basket...
ROBERT SLOAN

Many studies, especially some of the older ones, have significant methodological flaws, which render...
RICHARD SLOAN

(Miami) is a smart team, they execute. We haven't learned to do that in an offense. We can't do it o...
JERRY SLOAN

I pull out my laptop, which is probably the most advanced piece of technology that has ever crossed ...
ROBIN SLOAN

When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myse...
ALLAN SLOAN

[Williams only had two assists but played markedly better after an eight-minute, three-foul stint ag...
JERRY SLOAN

They talked about how nobody checked your ID, and you could always give your ticket away to someone ...
DIANE SLOAN

I've been in this business for ten years and I've seen it several times. I was around when 9/11 happ...
DIANE SLOAN

We send a lot of people to the Dominican Republic and the Florida Keys. The ones we had sent in that...
DIANE SLOAN

We are having a pretty bad week, actually. I am spending a lot of time this week re-accommodating.
DIANE SLOAN

People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.
ALLAN SLOAN

The guys have stuck with it. We lost some early meets, but seem to be coming through now.
BRIAN SLOAN

We're shooting for the Cape meet. They are really excited. It would be the first time the medley rel...
BRIAN SLOAN

Life is a book waiting to happen.
SLOAN MCBRIDE

Her home is the burrow of a bibliophile hobbit -– low-ceilinged, close-walled, and brimming over w...
ROBIN SLOAN

The Golden Horn of Griffo is finely wrought," Zenodotus said, tracing his finger along the curve of ...
ROBIN SLOAN

The only real reason to write professionally is that you love it enough.
SLOAN WILSON

America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do...
ROBIN SLOAN

I tell him, and I write it down as I go. It makes me feel better, as if the weirdness is flowing out...
ROBIN SLOAN

We've remodeled the company creating a unique hybrid that combines the bold creative freedom and tre...
HARRY SLOAN

Dan Taylor has done an excellent job in overseeing one of the most complex transactions ever complet...
HARRY SLOAN

I commend the Heart of Rushville for getting behind this event.
MARK SLOAN

This event is a great thing for Rush County and for our farmers, as well as our craftspeople.
MARK SLOAN

The internet: always proving that you're not quite as special as you suspected.
ROBIN SLOAN

We didn't think that was an effective or efficient use of resources.
LEA SLOAN

No one has been able to make it work over an extended period. One of the benefits of the pledge peri...
LEA SLOAN

But you find out that he is Cupid. Then he falls in love with one of his hits.
KAREN SLOAN

In the end, she comes out on top. But I don't want to give away the ending.
KAREN SLOAN

My brother had his wisdom teeth out.
KAREN SLOAN

Although the mock trial may pose a different situation than the one presented in 'To Kill a Mockingb...
KAREN SLOAN

The idea of One Book, One Community is to encourage participation by other organizations in the givi...
KAREN SLOAN

Truly there is something for everyone.
KAREN SLOAN

It is a well-respected book that is still a part of many schools' curricula. The fact that it is use...
KAREN SLOAN

This is the kind of thing that's so big, you can't even put it into words. Just how much this means ...
JOE SLOAN

For somebody to come out of the blue, who you see in passing, and say 'I'll do that for you,' it say...
JOE SLOAN

I sit up straight and do the first thing a person is supposed to do in an emergency, which is send a...
ROBIN SLOAN

The success of porridge is almost entirely due to its convenience and its healthy positioning.
JULIE SLOAN

Our research shows that chewing gum and in particular sugar free gum is appealing to a wider range o...
JULIE SLOAN

We don't know 100 percent but we do believe it's Luna.
LARA SLOAN

People who want to live in an upscale golf community today are looking for more than great golf.
MATT SLOAN

That keeps the wildlife values more intact.
SLOAN SHOEMAKER

There were no expectations for them. It was definitely a learning experience.
SLOAN DEVLIN

I like smoking! I mean, God, I quit everything else, can't I smoke?
MELANIE GRIFFITH

I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do...
MELANIE LAURENT

When 'Ally McBeal' started, I went, 'Oh, my God.' It's like what I was doing. &#...
MELANIE MAYRON

As a producer and director, I've tried for years to get properties off the ground for girls, and...
MELANIE MAYRON

The British press have written some nasty and spiteful things about the way I look which used to aff...
MELANIE CHISHOLM

I'm looking forward to being a mom and a wife and a business owner.
MELANIE ROACH

I am pro-technology that improves the lives of many people in any way possible, and I think the bloc...
MELANIE SWAN

Bitcoin is just one example of something that uses a blockchain.
MELANIE SWAN

The blockchain allows our smart devices to speak to each other better and faster.
MELANIE SWAN

Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered,...
MELANIE FIONA

It's just the way things are. Take a moment to consider this statement. Really think about it. We se...
MELANIE JOY

Often, vegan advocates assume that a person's defensiveness is the result of selfishness or apathy, ...
MELANIE JOY

No one root is responsible for the existence of a tree.
MELANIE MACSMILEY

I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. I really do have a faith and a belief in love, and when I love, I...
MELANIE FIONA

I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversar...
MELANIE CHISHOLM

Melanie Fiona is a singer, a songwriter, she's a super-girl. I can be silly, goofy, really chill...
MELANIE FIONA

Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought ...
MELANIE BROWN

Everybody in life is a chameleon.
MELANIE CHISHOLM

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.
MELANIE LAURENT

One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find ...
MELANIE KLEIN

I have six or seven 'what to name the baby' books, the Oxford dictionary of names, and a fab...
MELANIE RAWN

For Belle d'Opium, I tried to express a power that was docile and feline at once, a total releas...
MELANIE THIERRY

For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because ...
MELANIE LAURENT

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful s...
MELANIE LAURENT

I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot...
MELANIE MAYRON

Cryptocurrencies are just one example of decentralized technologies.
MELANIE SWAN

As a portfolio manager, when do you start advising to your clients that they have some cryptocurrenc...
MELANIE SWAN

I'm a drugstore beauty girl, I love going to the drugstore and buying makeup.
MELANIE FIONA

What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last fore...
MELANIE BENJAMIN

When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned.
MELANIE BENJAMIN

There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers, but it is the sins of the mothers that a...
MELANIE BENJAMIN

It is the letter not sent that is often the most valuable.
MELANIE BENJAMIN

You can't put a price tag on love, but you can on all its accessories.
MELANIE CLARK

My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that&#...
MELANIE FIONA

With episodic, kind of one-hour directing, they always have guest directors come in, so they don'...
MELANIE MAYRON

I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get,...
MELANIE FIONA

The Strip is a very nice facility. It's a little bit of an altitude track. I don't know if we expect...
MELANIE TROXEL

I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.
MELANIE LYNSKEY

People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. W...
MELANIE GRIFFITH

You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I...
MELANIE GRIFFITH

England is my home. I could never leave. I'd miss my family and friends too much.
MELANIE BROWN

I live my life on self-belief and I live it partly on going with the flow.
MELANIE BROWN

I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film...
MELANIE LYNSKEY

I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.
MELANIE LYNSKEY

The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just w...
MELANIE LAURENT

I'm a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.
MELANIE FIONA

My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby's mind the conflicts between love...
MELANIE KLEIN

I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes ...
MELANIE LYNSKEY

(The award) breaks the stereotypes Colorado has of Greeks in Colorado and at CSU. Greeks should be r...
MELANIE HUNTRODS

I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Chri...
MELANIE BROWN

Even when I'm reading a script where I'm supposed to be looking at the lead role, I'll f...
MELANIE LYNSKEY

It breaks down the body's natural abilities to fight off bacteria.
MELANIE KRAUTHOFF

We are thrilled to have Pamela Anderson host The 2006 JUNO Awards. With her unabashed wit and sponta...
MELANIE BERRY

That's not my Stevie. His hair's yucky.
MELANIE RICKARD

I enjoy theatre tremendously, and there's nothing like a live performance.
MELANIE RAWN

I collect art. I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international ph...
MELANIE BROWN

Wonderland was all we had in common, after all; Wonderland was what was denied the two of us. I had ...
MELANIE BENJAMIN

I'm disappointed in not getting the win, but I feel like I'm being greedy because we're having such ...
MELANIE TROXEL

Not everybody who has a tattoo is a bad person or doesn't take care of themselves. I have five of th...
MELANIE RICKARD

If the Legislature enacted every initiative (Doyle) proposed tomorrow, it would be less than $15 mil...
MELANIE FONDER

I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make...
MELANIE BROWN

The doubt is where the mercury is coming from, because it's a global issue, and mercury from power p...
MELANIE MCCOY

Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know...
MELANIE LAURENT

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.
MELANIE GRIFFITH

She had never been in love before. She'd tried to save herself the pain, but all her pretending and ...
MELANIE DICKERSON

Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had ...
MELANIE DICKERSON

I am sure you know that a woman of good character, modesty, and prudence would not make her wish to ...
MELANIE DICKERSON

Yet another birthday, yet another Christmas. They've stolen this time from us.
MELANIE DELLOYE

They bet I wouldn't last four days without having to take a break. So I was determined. I did 98 sho...
MELANIE GRIFFITH

What am I supposed to say?
MELANIE GRIFFITH

I mean, hopefully I'll be able to show other sides besides just being blonde and dumb, ... There's a...
MELANIE GRIFFITH

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