Top 221 Mandatory Quotes & Sayings

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

After you win all these belts, you cannot fight all these mandatory guys.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

If chocolate were a mandatory part of breakfast, people wouldn’t be so grouchy in the morning.

Art is one of the few careers without a mandatory retirement age.

Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict is rendered. Harsh mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses were passed by Congress in the 1980s as part of the war on drugs and the "get tough" movement, sentences that have helped to fuel our nation's prison boom and have also greatly aggravated racial disparities, particularly in the application of mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine.

Elegance and honesty are two mandatory parameters for any human production.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.

Reciprocity is not mandatory.

Americans are fed up with these mandatory census surveys, and they're asking us to stop the harassment.

I always work on my abs, every single day. As Miss Universe, exercising your abdominal muscles is mandatory!

Mandatory arbitration clauses I think, more often than not, work to the detriment of working people.

No mandatory prison term for employers who hire illegals.

The pose of innocence is as mandatory as the ability to eat banquet food and endure the scourging of the press.

Mandatory stints in the private economy before college enrollment could do wonders for study skills.

War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.

Struggling is mandatory. Suffering is optional.

I know these are my mandatory overs, but I would like to do films for as long as I breathe.

Heterosexuals were the upstarts who turned marriage into a voluntary love relationship rather than a mandatory economic and political institution.

In response to the advocacy of groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, most states adopted tougher laws to punish drunk driving. Numerous states now have some type of mandatory sentencing for this offense - typically two days in jail for a first offense and two to ten days for a second offense. Possession of a tiny amount of crack cocaine, on the other hand, was given a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.

I will build the wall and I will impose tough mandatory minimum - remember this - tough mandatory minimum prison sentences for deported illegal immigrants who try to reenter the country. They keep coming back and back and back.

I'm a biologist, so... Which I think should be mandatory. Biology should be mandatory. Mathematics? They say we don't know enough about math and science. Well we don't know enough about science and particularly biology, which is such a huge field.

Data do not indicate that mandatory minimum sentences keep our communities safer. Instead, mandatory minimums are disproportionately harming people and communities of color.

...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering.

It should be mandatory that you understand computer science.

Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.

I am not overstatingthis; the anointing is mandatory if you are called to serve The Lord. Without it there will be no growth, no blessing, no victory in your ministry.

This dress code should be mandatory for most events.

You have to tackle the real drivers of debt - that's mandatory spending, not discretionary.

In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test.

Permacultures - where you use the immediate environment to grow food - should be mandatory.

I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years.

If the Department of Education is serious about fighting for students and protecting taxpayers, a full ban of mandatory arbitration clauses is a no-brainer.

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age.

To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

One way to reduce crime and save lives is to target criminals who use guns with tough mandatory minimums.

When you talk about mandatory minimums, it created a lot of unfairness in our sentencing.

Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.

Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.

The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust.

I've scrubbed many, many landmarks. I scrubbed the Kremlin back in '98. We had a mandatory-toothbrushing parade; we had the text of the mandatory-toothbrush law translated into Russian. And we had like 30 Russians; we had musicians; we had the giant toothbrushes. The police came and told us to stop, and we stopped.

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age

I did not have a black coat to wear to the Oscars. It was a mandatory dress code, that was the reason I gave it a miss.

I was just in Las Vegas, where prostitution is legal. Which is a relief because I live in Los Angeles, where it is mandatory.

Mandatory minimums are focused on punishment, not rehabilitation.

The main goal in any criminal statute is to produce what's best for the victim. And sometimes, a mandatory minimum doesn't accomplish that.

Forgiveness isn't simply an option or a good idea; it is mandatory for our restorative process.

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

I love 'Eurovision!' It's the best thing in the world, and it should be mandatory viewing.

The ACA's reliance on mandatory participation in exchanges as the only way to obtain a health insurance subsidy is fundamentally flawed.

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.

I stand for mandatory toothbrushing laws.

All we need is good will, and we have to start working in a way that considers each other's interests [with U.S]. In my view, this is a mandatory condition.

Do I have to talk to insane people?" "You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.

Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.