Discretion Quotations

Managerial discretion can take many forms, some very subtle. Individual managers may run slack operations; they may pursue subgoals that are at variance with corporate purposes; they can engage in self-dealing.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.

I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discretion never went out of style.

I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual 'wows' you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person's not there for you. That's not just females. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

Aishwarya, my parent's daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At the same time, I recognize I am an actor, I am an artist, and if I feel the need to be liberated and do the kind of work I need to do, I will.

There are certain symbols and images that appeal more strongly to children and this regulation includes the most obvious among them, ... The state has wide discretion to regulate the sales of alcohol.

We're proud to say that we're moving ahead per discretion of law and making the right choices for the building of our recreation centers,

Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part.

Many sentences are excessively long because mandatory sentencing policies do not allow sentencing judges the discretion to distinguish between hardened criminals and those amenable to rehabilitation and preparation for successful re-entry.

One example is Roe v. Wade. The lethal logic of Roe v. Wade is that nobody has rights that we are bound to respect if they cannot effectively assert those rights. They are at the mercy and the discretion of those who can effectively assert their rights. We're not talking simply about the unborn, we're talking about the aged, the radically handicapped, the deformed.

More information on the earlier lines was placed before the working committee by the treasurer. The matter was discussed and it was decided to leave the matter to the discretion of the president.

I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, 'Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.'

If a rider appeals against a suspension in, say, a Cox Plate, the right to ride on Derby Day at Flemington a week later and in the Melbourne Cup will be at the discretion of the Appeals Board.

If the government wants to put an end to these types of transactions, the proper response is for Congress to change the law, not to scare professionals away with indictments. It is a misuse of prosecutorial discretion to use criminal prosecutions to change accepted and legitimate standards of conduct.

If someone is following too close, ... they can get anything from a warning to a citation or more. Trooper discretion will decide what kind of an education they need.

He could serve anywhere in the country at the discretion of the bureau.

I think the Ethics Commission didn't give proper consideration to the investigation previously done by the deputy city manager, which concluded that he acted within the discretion given to him as chief of police in both instances.

It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion

I think these things are up to the discretion of the borough president,

It is another piece of good news in that it leaves the Fed in an unfettered position to exercise more discretion in monetary easing. Because the economy has displayed such weakness and inflation has been non-existent with the exception of energy-related prices, the short-term inflation number may be less relevant.

It is a serious case, it deserves serious discretion to be used, ... The sheriff and I have committed we're going to handle it like any other case to the extent we can. No special treatment one way or the other, and that's the way we view it.

Outside of honoring those specific instructions that you implement on the front end, they have full discretion to buy and sell whatever they see fit.

It is clear to me that the statute takes away any of my discretion as a member of that commission to extend the deadline.

Who can seriously doubt that the power which a millionaire, who may be my employer, has over me is very much less than that which the smallest bureaucrat possesses who wields the coercive power of the state and on whose discretion it depends how I am allowed to live and work?

Well, we emphasize that you call it when it occurs at the point of attack and if it has a bearing on the play. And even then, it's up to the official to use his discretion as to whether it's a fender-bender or a train wreck. If you arm-clamp or take down the defender, that's what we call a train wreck.

We have the discretion to pick who we want to pick. I don't see any reasons why this council should tie its hands and limit its discretion as to who should serve us.

Typically, much of the resolution of issues like this is placed in the sound discretion of the trial judge.

The police officers received training. The officers had some discretion in terms of the minor violations. That discretion has been removed.

We'd like to have had him out there, we need every rep we can get, but discretion was the better part. He'll have a great summer working with the quarterbacks. Like I told him, if he keeps doing what he's doing, he's going to be illegal.

We want to be sure that we execute that discretion wisely. We want to look to the future before we make any changes.

We're trying to use discretion as much as we can ? recognizing people's right to free speech.

We only see the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it.

We, who were against the war, are completely opposed to any negotiation with kidnappers and terrorists. The government is continuing to work with seriousness and discretion for the release of the hostages.

We believe it would be appropriate for the commission to exercise its discretion to determine that the public interest would not be served by proceeding further.

The practice for police officers here - they had a certain amount of discretion in the cases of possession of very small amounts of marijuana as to whether to issue a summons.

The governor's proposal would increase plan accountability while retaining board discretion on the administration of investment portfolios, ... The effect should be to enhance transparency while having no measurable effect on performance. These are positive steps the likes of which plans should and in fact will consider enacting on their own.

To pursue or not to pursue is the discretion of the officer, ... The officer used restraint and good decision-making because he wasn't continuing the pursuit, and had he been going faster, it could have been a disaster. He terminated the pursuit when he came upon the horses.

You have to give people credit for doing their own research and using their own discretion and being prudent enough to make right decisions.

What this system endeavours to do is to provide some factors which outline the discretion, which explain the discretion and make it accountable and transparent.

What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable (and) some parameters by which people can follow how they've reached their decision.

This Skull and Bones-type group ... has at their discretion the chance to give out all kinds of prizes and gifts to those who've been nice to them during the year.

To take away that discretion from our courts would ... result in miscarriages of justice in the future which are not anticipated at this point. If they pass this, you'll see what I mean. It's a reaction without meaningful analysis or thought.

Federal charges will be filed at the discretion of the U.S. Attorney,

The trails exist really at the discretion of the landowners. If it wasn't for the landowners, we wouldn't have the trail system we have.

I understand they have the discretion to make a declaratory ruling, but they chose not to make this definitive. By choosing not to make a definitive ruling, that means the door's still open in the legal process and the issue drags on in the governor's campaign.

It was totally within the discretion of the justice of the peace whether or not to allow the harvesting to be done.

These shares have not been retired. They sit in the corporate treasury, where, subject to regulator timing, they can be reissued at the discretion of the company.

The secretary did not exercise her discretion lawfully in the manner contemplated by this court's directive.

Ten years ago they were relatively easy to challenge and the judge had very, very wide discretion whether to enforce them. Today, the national trend is, 'Baby, if you sign it, we will hold you to it.

Oftentimes, we used that discretion to give the applicator a warning and to go over some of the deficiencies and the corrective action that can be taken.

Something along these lines will happen over the next 12 months, but it will be at the timing and discretion of McDonald's management team. No one likes to be dictated to.

Company executives exercise wide discretion over the use of corporate assets for charitable purposes. Absent a system of accountability for charitable contributions, executives may use corporate assets for objectives that are not shared by, and may be inimical to, the interests of a company and its shareholders, potentially harming long-term shareholder value.

Approval process of the Customs Union Additional Protocol in the Turkish parliament is totally under the discretion of Turkey. Necessary steps will be taken when time comes,

As a final resort, in the event of a continuing and persistent deadlock, the parties have invited me to use my discretion to finalize the text to be submitted to referenda on the basis of my plan,

At what point is the discretion in individual cases actually a pattern which has become a concrete rule and that rule violates the principle and the spirit of the law?

As long as the argument that they make to the judge comports with the minimum and the maximum allowed by the statute and the aggravating factors they bring forward are allowed by the sentencing statute ... that's their discretion and their job, ... And if they didn't do it, then we'd probably live in a less safe community.

You're a manager if you spend most of your time making independent decisions and using your own discretion free from anybody else's direction.

They should have the discretion to discuss other topics and also allow open discussions based upon questions students may ask.

This move serves to give commercial banks more discretion in pricing so that they can effectively balance the returns with cost and manage risks.

As we very well know today, fat-free definitely does not mean calorie-free. The result was growing waistlines and mindless eating habits. To prevent history from repeating itself, consumers need to use discretion as they walk through the grocery store.

It's just an awful, awful story. It was one of those cases that, in a perfect world, one would think the prosecutorial arm of our government might exercise better discretion on how to handle.

Its a sign of troubled times when the concept of pressure becomes an acceptable excuse for ethical shortcuts and moral shortcomings. Pressures are just temptations in disguise and its never been acceptable to give in to temptation. Ethics is about the way things ought to be, not about the way things are. When it comes to ethics, motive is very important. A person of character does the right thing for the right reason. Compliance is about what we must do; ethics is about what we should do. Ethical people often do more than the law requires and less than it allows. The area of discretion between the legal must and the moral should tests our character. Noble talk and framed ethics statements are no substitute for principled conduct. The test is doing the right thing.

It's at the judge's discretion whether the documents would be admissible.

It provides the district committees more discretion in how to handle each case that comes before them. It also shifts the burden of proof in proving whether a transfer was materially motivated from the sending school to the student and his family.

It's left up to the discretion of the hotel.

It's the judge's discretion what to do. It's impossible to predict what will happen. Is extending the bargaining possible? Yes.

It may never get to the Supreme Court, ... The court has almost total discretion over what cases they would take and they like to duck issues that are not thought out.

Then, when she embroils you in a legal tangle over the matter, instead of monitoring the situation as closely as possible, you put the discretion nearly entirely in her hands. You do not know what's in her notes. And when you believe you are backing her because she is defending a principle, she then brings in a second attorney. To people outside journalism all this looks just weird,

Each state has the autonomy or discretion to determine how they will measure whether their students are proficient. PSSA is Pennsylvania's answer.

It's a new approach to hurricane recovery that's never been done before. It will be decided at the discretion of the commission.

I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.

Apart from that money being constitutionally dedicated to a specific purpose, it has traditionally funded textbooks. But (attorneys tell us) there is some discretion at the Legislative area to do something else with it.

I'm real happy with the effort the guys gave. For some reason, our offense really stalled in the fourth quarter. Maybe shot selection and discretion was a little poor, but I can't fault their effort.

In this case, exercising the discretion that Congress is now encouraging us to exercise, the FBI has determined that allowing the recipient to disclose its identity, and only its identity, will not harm the national security or interfere with an ongoing investigation.

Because the president, not the (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) could authorize or not authorize cross-border operations from Mexican motor carriers, and because FMCSA has no discretion to prevent the entry of Mexican trucks, its EA did not need to consider the environmental effects arising from the entry,

By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

The judicial discretion has been fettered greatly by the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

This is a conversation that has been going on in the coaching ranks for quite some time. The rules just aren't keeping up with the game. They're vague and gray. They need to be changed to help the umpires out as much as anything. Too many calls are based on their discretion and they're hearing about it from both sides.

The city attorney retains complete discretion to engage in litigation.

Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

The law, as changed, removes some of the discretion and lack of rules there might have been in the past, but it doesn't eliminate the flexibility that you need when there are unusual circumstances.

The Line-Item Veto Act is hardly revolutionary, ... The act simply gives the president a measure of discretion over the expenditure of appropriated funds.

Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.

It is one of the finest problems in legislation, what the state ought to take upon itself to direct and what it ought to leave, with as little interference as possible, to individual discretion