Blatant Quotes

You're essentially shutting down someone's right to run for office. It's done only if there are strong indications that, in fact, the campaign funds are being used for something blatantly illegal. - Larry Noble

You know why we live in a world full of lies and deception? Because the truth hurts. People seem to believe lies like it's nothing but when I'm blatantly honest and it's not what they wanna hear they convince themselves it's a lie. Life doesn't stop for anybody. The sooner you accept the reality of whatever situation you may be in the happier you will be. - Brian Zilinek

You have to applaud them for doing something because it has gotten out of control. But it's going to be a tough one to police. It's a ball-or-strike call on what's blatant and what isn't blatant. - Larry McReynolds

Yeah, you hate doing the what-ifs. I hate saying it, even thinking it. But sometimes you can't ignore a blatant bad call by the refs. You also have to understand what we did wrong before we can get it right. - Nick Barnett

Why not interview those with opposing views separately and give each more than a minute or two to make their point without having to respond to another person's debating tactics? And why not encourage interviewers to intervene when blatant errors or falsehoods are offered as facts? - Bruce Bartlett

While it is horrible that some children who take antidepressant medications commit suicide, putting the blame on medicines that help treat millions of persons with mental illnesses is irresponsible and is a blatant attempt to frighten parents, children and patients. There are risks to antidepressant treatment, but the risks of untreated depression are worse. - John Bailey

When the judge looked at the evidence and saw how blatant the stem cell opponents were in stealing the codes and information from our Web site, he said that it was an obvious and intentional attempt to confuse the public. They're willing to use every tool of deception and disinformation to accomplish their goals. - Donn Rubin

Whatever the standard is, let's just keep it that way. All I'm saying is I'm hoping it's not a pattern. That's real important. I don't think it's blatant out there, but if there's a standard, let's keep a standard, from day one of the season through the playoffs. - Mike Babcock

What we are seeing is a blatant effort to exploit a national tragedy to advance long-held oil and gas industry objectives. I hope that a majority of our Republicans in Congress will see this misguided opportunism for what it is and reject it. - David Jenkins

We've known for some time that abstinence-only is bad science, bad policy, and a blatant violation of medical ethics and basic human rights. And as more people find out what is being taught and what is being censored in these ineffective programs, more and more of these 'stay pure or we don't care about you' programs will be banned from public schools. - James Wagoner