Policymaking System Quotes & Sayings

the American system of checks and balances disperses federal lawmaking authority among multiple, overlapping political forums. As a result, federal policymaking power is shared: Congress is given the primary power to draft laws, subject to the president's veto and judicial review; the executive branch is given the primary power to implement laws, subject to congressional oversight and judicial review; and the courts have the primary power to interpret laws, subject to a variety of legislative and executive checks, including the appointment process, budgetary powers, and the passage of "overrides"-laws that explicitly reverse or materially modify existing judicial interpretations of statutes. — Mark C. Miller

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive. — Julie Brown

I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I've done some background vocals for recording artists. — Nicole Beharie

It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly terrible and disgusting things to women, have built themselves the most beautiful of prisons for their rampaging ids. Instead of indulging their fantasies, they focus on food, or landscaping, or the perfect cup of tea
or a single slab of o-toro tuna
letting themselves go only at baseball games and office parties. — Anthony Bourdain

Pop was great fun. — Delta Goodrem

I probably just want to leave a trace of myself behind in this world. — Makoto Shinkai

Paradise on my right, Hell on my left and the Angel of Death behind. — Frank Herbert

Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread its wings in Nature's light. — W.H. Davies

Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand. — Naveen Jain

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now? — Cate Blanchett

Freedom shouldn't move like an arrow, in a singular direction. It should flow like an ocean, swallowing the whole horizon. — Romina Russell

We know that we can do what men can do, but we still don't know that men can do what women can do. That's absolutely crucial. We can't go on doing two jobs. — Gertrude Stein

Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it can get sick. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Ko Un is a crucial poet for the twenty-first century, and this is an enormously fresh and vivid translation. — Robert Hass

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing. — Donovan Bailey

When you watch the news and see members of your species in turmoil, do not think there is nothing you can do. But know it is not done by watching news. — Matt Haig