Shane Douglas Quotes

I've been told by the BBC that if I make one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time, I will be sacked. And even the angel Gabriel would struggle to survive with that hanging over his head. It's inevitable that one day, someone, somewhere will say that I've offended them, and that will be that.

If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.

The legal and ethical issues are just beginning.

If I find you not attending cabinet meetings three times you are out of government.

We need to have some people fired for reasons of public trust.

In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.

I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure.

We've created a tenfold core value protocol to make sure that we don't fall into an 'empire' attitude.

I know that I and my office acted with the highest integrity as an independent inspector general should act.

Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it's integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards.

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.

President Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If the great servants of the public forget their duty, betray their trust and sell their country, or make war against the most valuable rights and privileges of the people; reason and justice require that they should be discarded, and others appointed in their room, without any regard to formal resignations of their forfeited power.

These are not grounds for impeachment. These are grounds for divorce.

I think it would be much better for the country and for Clinton personally to resign. I come from the business side. If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone.

We're all trying to live up to our personal codes, so we relate to people who we see doing the same thing.

You're used to seeing values listed on waiting-room walls. Communication, integrity, excellence, and respect. Those were actually Enron's values.

An artist's responsibility is a lot. I can't deny and escape from the responsibility. You have to be very guarded about your personal behaviour, future plans, etc.

Our core values and business ethics will always be paramount in all that we do, and we are always looking to do the right thing and settle claims fairly and accurately.

We all know how management works. If you don't win things, as has happened before, people start to call for your head.

I fully support accountability and transparency.