Disservice Quotations

There will always be a part of me that wants to do a movie musical. I feel like you're doing yourself a disservice when you say something like that, because you never know if that thing is gonna come along and be right, but I'd be lying if I said that that wasn't true.

It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.

I believe that we do our country a disservice when we make it harder for new American immigrants to abide by the rules of the road and obtain drivers licenses.

If we get into (injuries), then it's like we're setting a scene for not doing well. We believe in the players and we trust the players we put in the game. ? When you start talking about how badly you miss certain guys, then you're doing a disservice to those kids battling hard for you, as if what they're giving you isn't enough.

If we're not here, we're saying what happened is acceptable and normal and I think that does a disservice to other police, ... We Shall Overcome.

I am extremely disappointed to still feel the affects of the final match in Indianapolis. I'd be doing the tournament and myself a disservice to go out there at 50 percent. I'm going to take a few days to recover and prepare for the ATP Masters Series events.

I feel that The American Dream is this fallacy that you come to the United States and win lotto. That's a disservice to The American Dream because the American Dream is worth striving for. And it's not easy.

Fraudulent political theater designed to protect the corrupt tax code and those who profit from its manipulation. When a Presidential panel engages in such activities it does a disservice to the American people.

We try to put them in situations where they can take their talent and maximize it. We try to get them out of their comfort zone, playing against older, bigger players, so they have to use their minds as well as their skill to succeed. It doesn't matter what sport you play in, there are always going to be kids who are talented when they're young but they never face any adversity. Sometimes, the coaches take from the kids ? say a coach who has a guy that can score five goals a game but doesn't involve his teammates ? down the road, that's a disservice to player. There's a whole different element to being an elite athlete.

Having open source or proprietary companies that refuse to work with one another from a sense of purity is a real disservice to end users.

I think it is a disservice to the American people.

It appears it has the weight of official notification, which in fact it doesn't. It's really a disservice to folks. They were reasonably upset when they thought their property was in jeopardy.

It is a disservice to people right now to let them rebuild everywhere. The tragedy is that they are likely, after a lot of hard work and personal investment, to find they can't get insurance, they can't get a mortgage, there won't be stores and city services for them.

It is a disservice to a very serious debate about security and liberty for him to resort to that kind of a statement.

I think that if we don't embrace these new conclusions we're doing a disservice to younger women. My prediction is that in the months to come, people will see the evidence and change their opinion.

I think this is the biggest disservice to middle-aged men. A lot of them used to look dignified, and now they look like rumpled old men.

People who suggest or might suggest that we remove the plaque, it does a disservice to the historical record. You don't rewrite history because of what exists here and now. History's there to interpret for hundreds of years down the road.

It does a real disservice to this discussion to have an analysis that makes unfounded and inaccurate conclusions.

We do students a disservice to send the message that it is acceptable to drop out of school when they are 16 years old. A high school diploma is a minimum requirement for future success, and we will continue to press for changing the compulsory school attendance age.

The president does a disservice to the troops and the American people when he tries to silence those asking questions about putting our men and women in uniform in harm's way,

Unfortunately, school systems are more often concerned with how their retention numbers look instead of whether these children can read well enough to succeed. Consequently, schools have found loopholes in the law, and legislators need to plug those holes. Nothing does a child a greater disservice than promoting him when he is lacking the basic skills to succeed.

The polarization of Congress; the decline of civility; and the rise of attack politics in the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early years of the new century are a blot on our political system and a disservice to the American people.

To break R&B into subcategories does a disservice to the music. I like to live in a zone where I can do whatever I want, where I don't have to worry about genre.

We only take cases we think we can win. We do a disservice to clients if we lead them to believe they have an excellent chance to win cases that may not succeed.

We would be doing a disservice to our fans not to look at the opportunity.

To simply stick your fingers in your ears and say, 'No way, I'm not listening,' is to do a disservice to the generations to follow.

What Phillip Morris is doing here is a tremendous disservice to parents and to infants because it's increasing the risk infants will die.

With several shows like 'American Idol' and '24,' we have a commitment to the viewer to run them every week. We think it would be a disservice to the fans of those shows to put them on hiatus just because the Olympics are on.

We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.

You do your children a disservice if you don't find time for yourself. If you're always making sacrifices for them, they won't learn to respect your time as they grow.

Controlling infectious diseases abroad is domestic policy as much as foreign, ... Ignoring the problem by hamstringing proven programs is a disservice to U.S. citizens who are impacted by the wave of immigrants from these countries.

The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because 'operatic' to me means a commitment and a belief to the emotion of the moment that is sincere.

The sale of the painting is a disservice to artists, to art, to architecture, to the architecture profession and to the public,

These look-alike products can confuse people and are a disservice to consumers.

Any rubber stamping of this new nomination would be a disservice would be a disservice to the country.

Awarding a student a diploma without the necessary skills and knowledge does a great disservice to that student.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

There's a casino gambling mentality among investors today. I think it's a disservice to the efficiency of the capital markets.

It's much to-do about nothing. When was the last time you saw several folks in the minority pass a law that (reverses one) the majority already passed? The legislators in that area are doing a disservice to their own constituents.

The biggest disservice you can do to an instrument is to lock it away. Collectors will buy these instruments and put them in glass cases. They never get played and they lose their soul.

Suggesting that Governor Bush is as dishonest as Bill Clinton is a disservice to our party and our principles. Our nation has been through enough and John McCain's ad has gone too far.

I want this committee to understand that if we go down this road of putting people's hearts in play, and the only way you can have a good heart is adopt my values system, we're doing a great disservice to the judiciary,

Not only is Sen. Feingold's approach a disservice to those who work tirelessly to protect America, it sends the wrong message to our enemies.

A rigorous doctrine of imputation is not only limiting but ends up doing a disservice to the nature of grace and justification. It makes the transactions of the gospel basically juridical. In the Roman view, justification and sanctification are a seamless fabric. It is more than a question of God simply seeing us through a legal scrim of Christ's righteousness. Righteousness actually begins to transform us.

If we as Americans can't contribute to our league, it's a bit of a disservice in growing soccer here in the US.

If you play long enough in this league, you're going to have some real close ones, difficult ones to overcome, but you've got to move on. If you don't, you're doing your team a disservice by thinking about the last game and not about the upcoming game.

I really hope that everyone has a good hard look at what the courts have said. They've said clearly to teachers that they want them back in the classroom. They want them respecting the law. That it's important they do that. We've said to teachers that we're ready to talk about the issues that you've raised in the past. We're not willing to talk as a precondition of course to respecting the courts. That would be a disservice to the courts and a disservice to the community,

Clear Skies delivers dramatic health benefits across the nation without raising energy costs and does it with certainty and simplicity, instead of regulation and litigation. Because of our commitment to see this become a reality, EPA went above and beyond to provide the most comprehensive legislative analysis of air ever prepared by the agency, so it does a real disservice to this discussion to have a report that largely ignores and misinterprets our analysis.

Being away for a week to 10 days, maybe even longer out of sight, out of mind, as the saying goes. It gives other guys chances to impress the manager. I'd be doing myself a big disservice if I wasn't there.

If I don't explain or tell some of my experiences, I feel like I'm doing guys a disservice because I know as a younger player, there's things I could benefit from the experience of an older guy.

If I condone that kind of journalism, she's going to be in Iraq one day, so is that how she's going to prepare for something of importance?, ... If someone comes in and is not familiar with what I'm doing, then they're doing me a disservice and themselves and their readers.

I am proud of the bipartisan process that produced this legislation. Corporate responsibility is an investor and retiree issue. It is not a partisan issue, and those who would attempt to make it so do a real disservice to all of us.

This is a great continent. I went to primary school on this continent, secondary school, university. I've worked on this continent, and I think that it's a great disservice that, for whatever reason, people have usurped an imagery of Africa that is absolutely incorrect.

And I want this committee to understand that if we go down this road of putting people's hearts in play, and the only way you can have a good heart is, Adopt my value system, we're doing a great disservice to the judiciary.

The Constitution requires that courts shall be open. It is the responsibility of the county and state to provide enough resources to run our courts in a dignified and efficient manner. The current state of things is a disgrace and a disservice to justice in our county.

We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.