Red Tape – Quotes

People say nice things

People say nice things to me — like that I ought to run for president — which tells me that they like me. But I have my own deadline for how long I should be in Washington. I think you can get accustomed to red tape and many unfair things that go on in government. … Read more

I cannot sufficiently celebrate

I cannot sufficiently celebrate the glorious liberty that reigns in the public libraries of the twentieth century as compared with the intolerable management of those of the nineteenth century, in which the books were jealously railed away from the people, and obtainable only at an expenditure of time and red tape calculated to discourage any … Read more

We cannot afford the

We cannot afford the EPA’s continued expansion of red tape that is slowing economic growth and threatening to entangle millions of small businesses. Fred Upton

We too often hear

We too often hear about red tape but what they mean is the vital rights of workers. Frances O’Grady

I remember Adrian [Maben,

I remember Adrian [Maben, director] had lots of problems with red tape and dealing with stuff. I think we lost two or three days. Maybe those were the days we had to walk around the summit of Vesuvius, and we went around to the sulfur pits where the ground is bubbling. It’s near here. It’s … Read more

International friendly games are

International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. They do not even have the philanthropic excuse that softens the otherwise unendurable tedium of testimonial matches. Quite simply, they are rotten games staged to pick the public’s pocket, tiresome red tape left over from an era … Read more

This is basically the

This is basically the last resort. I’ve been painted into a corner, and now I’ve sort of got to lay it all out in order for things to be straightened up. I’ve tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and ‘American Idol’ … Read more