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If you look away from something you're supposed to be looking for, that's called willful blindness, and willful blindness is one aspect of determining the negligence.

Michael Shapiro

Last Monday, a tragic series of errors, negligence and accidents suddenly cast us into darkness, tears, wounds and mourning.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

If that's your only excuse, that your CFO (chief financial officer) was running rampant, then that's negligence.

David Holland

It doesn't appear to be foul play or gross negligence by the mother. This is just a tragic set of circumstances.

Bill Veteran

This act may provide an incentive for companies to actually plan for disasters, because if they don't, in some ways it's like negligence - it hurts customers and shareholders.

Matt Waller

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.

Owen Felltham

This is criminal negligence by the state.

Bushra Gohar

Yesterday's accident cannot be excused, ... It was criminal negligence and I own moral responsibility for it.

Anil Kumar

We're going to continue our investigation into how an experienced detective working homicide could let this happen. It really falls on negligence ... and it's costing the taxpayers over $1 million in sanctions.

Councilman Dennis Zine

I think it's gross negligence on the part of the developers.

Tim Norton

There is negligence here somewhere.

Tom Costa

The only negligence I admit to is that of not having checked what I was taking.

Guillermo Canas

Police will investigate whether the incident was a pure accident or a crime due to negligence.

Bambang Kuncoko

We spoke about those who perished, those who had their lives cut short. We spoke about irresponsibility and negligence.

Susanna Dudiyeva

A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.

Thomas Sprat

There is no excuse for failing to declare one's business interests. It is simply a matter of filling out a form. Failure to do so constitutes either negligence or an attempt to conceal a possible conflict of interest or even contempt for the Parliamentary ethics process. Either way, there must be consequences.

Douglas Gibson

This is just corporate propaganda created by CEOs who want a get out of jail free card for corporate negligence.

Chris Mather

Failure to do so constitutes either negligence or an attempt to conceal a possible conflict of interest or even contempt for the Parliamentary ethics process. Either way, there must be consequences.

Douglas Gibson

This was just with gross negligence. Sometimes saying 'sorry' is enough and sometimes it is not and I am afraid this is one of those times.

Richard Adams

The way the damage was done to the shack it was not due to the wood stove or a candle. It was negligence but we cannot prove it.

John Park

If it looks like negligence on the parents' part, we may coordinate with the Department of Children and Families.

Lt. Michael Porath

If that's your only excuse -- that your CFO was running rampant -- then that's negligence.

David Holland

I hope this decision will send a message to the state attorney to do the right thing. This is not a black decision, it's a right decision. It could have been some white boy or girl ... gross negligence was a major issue.

Willie Gary

If we find any negligence in the death of this offender, we will certainly take whatever appropriate action is necessary.

John Fougere

Unless there is negligence or fraud there must be some sort of limitation of liabilities, such as a multiple of fees earned.

Tony Dixon

What is depressing is the failure to act, the indifference, and the negligence of the federal government for everything that touches our seaway.

Michel Gauthier

(They) will look to see if there was any kind of negligence on anybody's part.

Robert Jennings

Every week, more than a thousand patients are killed in American hospitals as a result of negligence.

Sidney Wolfe

The board has no difficulty in characterising the negligence of Vasil as being gross negligence amounting to recklessness.

Russell Lewis

How can Charles Clarke possibly remain in his job if his department's negligence has led to such appalling crimes?

Nick Clegg

In the past a person could shoot somebody, and if the court didn't see fit to prosecute them for culpable negligence, they could go back out hunting.

Steve Adcock

More than 90 percent of the forest fires are provoked, either through negligence or by intention.

Cristina Narbona

I think the Government is trying to cover up its own negligence by blaming GPs and that is a disgrace.

Andrew Lansley