Not Fair Quotes - Page 5

• There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.

  Christopher Morley

  Truth, Men, People

  CHRISTOPHER MORLEY (1923). “INWARD HO!”

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• Obama is playing to the lowest common denominator of everybody, and he is telling them that if anybody's got more money than you do, it's not fair and it's unjustified and somehow you have been ripped off or screwed, and that is his message.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Messages, Common, More Money

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• We're not fair weather friends. We've been in places for a long, long time.

  Jamie Dimon

  Weather, Long, Fairs

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?” “It's a strange universe,” he murmured. “It's not fair,” I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love–now, in this eleventh hour–and have to leave it? Was it fair that my soul and body couldn't reconcile? Was it fair that I had to love Melanie, too?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Eight, Soul And Body, Voice

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• Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining 'It's not fair' before you can say Jack Robinson.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Believe, Men

  C. S. Lewis (2010). “A Year with C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works”, HarperCollins UK

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• The idea that a reporter has to be 'fair and balanced' is ridiculous. The fact is, the truth usually is not fair and it's not balanced. Truth stands by itself. And the idea that something called fair and balanced is a substitute for truth and fact is mindless nonsense that has captured much of the national media.

  Lou Dobbs

  Media, Ideas, Political

  Studio Briefing, movieweb.com. October 17, 2005.

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• It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

  Phil Gramm

  Hands, People, Pay

  "Real revolution of George W. Bush", www.cnn.com. August 5, 2003.

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• It's not fair to show someone the sun and then banish him from it. Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone. -Acheron

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Devil, Looks, May

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “The Dark-Hunters (The Collection Thus Far)”, p.5140, Macmillan

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• It's not fair that people ignore AIDS in Africa because it's Africa. It's not fair.

  India.Arie

  People, Aids, Fairs

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• Life is not fair. And you have to choose your battles, because there are some that you cannot win. If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.

  Bette Midler

  Running, Winning, Battle

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• That America is in the calamity is a result of a certain amount of elitism in the Democratic Party where they're tied to the sensibility of the college-educated, multicultural crowd, of which I'm a part, which has created a sense where it's OK to say, "All the red state voters are stupid, they're all dummies, they're all racist, they're all backwards mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging ..." all that stuff. And that kind of elitism, which is first of all not true, is also not fair. It's also dumb strategy.

  Van Jones

  Stupid, Party, College

  Source: pen.org

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• Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life.

  Marg Helgenberger

  Sports, Life Lesson, Lessons

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• On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.

  Charles M. Vest

  Hands, Tuition, Argument

  "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

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• You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest.

  Harold MacMillan

  House, Politics, Cry

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• I hate them!' she cried. 'It's not fair!' 'No, it isn't,' Frederick said gently. 'I can't do it all!' 'No. You can't.' After a long moment he said, 'But you can do what you can.' 'And what if that isn't enough?' Frederick held her shoulders and took a step back. He looked in her eyes. 'Enough for what?' 'For my family.' 'What more could they ask for than what you've given?

  Matthew J. Kirby

  Hate, Eye, Long

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• It's not fair that our name can be used in any newspaper, any article connected with anything, and we can't really fight about it. It's like any newspaper that might take a picture of you, bad or good, and sometimes they're awful pictures, and they can use them without your approval and you can't do anything about it.

  Diana Ross

  Fighting, Names, Use

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you'll be successful, and that's not fair.

  Charles Barkley

  Wise, Country, Successful

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• Everybody wrings their hands about Fox News. You know, "fair and balanced? Why, that's snide!" Yeah, okay, maybe they're not fair and balanced, but CNN used to have the slogan "You Can Depend on CNN". Guess what? I watch it, no you can't. So what's the difference?

  Jon Stewart

  Hands, Differences, Cnn

  C-SPAN interview, October 14, 2004.

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• I might be able to find out what happened 6,000 years ago but I will never know what happens 6,000 years in the future! And that is not fair, blast it.

  Jackie French

  Years, Might, Able

  "Jackie French, author". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. May 15, 2011.

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• I think there are a lot of things in life that are not fair. But life, I believe, isn't always perfect and idealistic.

  Nadya Suleman

  Believe, Thinking, Things In Life

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Before computers were everywhere I used record books, the old-fashioned way. I loved to cram, and I still love to cram, anything I write with extra facts, stuff I picked up. At the same time, especially in this day and age, you've got to make it sound like, or read like, you've not just been Googling because that's not fair, that's not right!

  Steve Bunce

  Book, Writing, Age

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Your skin's so fair its not fair

  St. Vincent

  Skins, Fairs

  Song: Your Lips Are Red, Album: Marry Me, 2007

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• Life is not fair and people are not equal.

  Hiroo Onoda

  People, Life Is, Equal

  "No Surrender: My Thirty-year War". Book by Hiroo Onoda, www.japantimes.co.jp. 1974.

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• Hillary Clinton is making income inequality a central theme in her campaign. Yeah, for example, today she pointed out that her husband makes $300 million a year. She has to get by on $200 million a year, and that's not fair.

  Conan O'Brien

  Husband, Years, Example

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• It should soon be possible dramatically to increase the intelligence and life span of a few individuals. They and their offspring could become a master race. Evolution pays no regard to social justice. It was not fair on the Neanderthals they were replaced by modern humans.

  Stephen Hawking

  Race, Engineering, Justice

  "Gods of science: Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox discuss mind over matter". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2010.

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