Steve Harvey

I sit my three sons down and say, 'Listen to me. When the police stop you, immediately comply. Don't walk away, don't smart-mouth; get your hands up and get down on the ground.' If you're not black, you might not have to have that conversation, but I go over and over it with them because I don't want that phone call.

American Actor

Angela Merkel

We've stated very clearly that no negotiating chapters between the European Union and Turkey will be concluded before the Ankara Protocol is complied with: that's to say before Turkey grants all E.U. member states, including Cyprus, access to its ports.

German Statesman

Colm Meaney

If you're playing the a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person and there's a huge amount of historical record there that you have to kind of comply to.

Irish Actor

Matt Groening

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

American Cartoonist

Alberto Manguel

In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm saying is that anything fed into the industrial machinery to comply with rules of size and length and shelf-life has a hard time surviving as art.

Argentinian Writer

Christopher Voss

As human beings, we're powerfully swayed by how much we feel we're being respected. People comply with agreements if they feel they've been treated fairly and lash out if they don't.

American Businessman

Robert Bilott

I had spent the prior eight years working at my firm primarily representing big chemical companies, helping them comply with all the different state and federal laws.

American Lawyer

Richard Cordray

In consumer protection, you can say it hurts business; that is, it makes them comply with the law, which is actually what we want them to do, but it helps consumers.

Horace

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

Roman Poet

Chuck Fleischmann

We live in a dangerous world, and Russia has not complied with existing treaties.

American Politician

Using 'comply' usually means there's no choice but to follow the instruction.

Mandatory Action

There is often an authority figure or rule set mandating compliance.

Authority Present

Ignoring compliance can lead to penalties or other negative outcomes.

Consequence of Non-compliance

'Comply' in social contexts is about adherence to accepted behaviors.

Social Expectations

Compliance can vary by culture; what's expected in one may not apply in another.

Cultural Variation

Compliance can be driven by social pressure, not just explicit rules.

Implicit Pressure

Compliance ensures that a product or service meets the necessary quality standards.

Quality Assurance

Non-compliance with standards can result in safety risks or legal issues.

Safety Implications

Comply indicates a product or service fits specific criteria or requirements.

Specifies Requirements

 we compel them to provide information, just like every other nation in the world does. Every industrialized nation in the world has a lawful intercept program where they are requiring companies to provide them with information that they need for their security, and the companies that are involved have complied with those programs

Richard Ledgett: The NSA...

 They should create a nonprofit remittance platform to serve the money transfer companies so that they can send money at a low cost, while complying with all the complex regulations all over the world. The development community should set a goal of reducing remittance costs to one percent from the current eight percent.

Dilip Ratha: The hidden...

 environmental policy is to burn fossil fuels forever because we think climate change is false well that's not actually a long term for pencil policy so you may have a policy but it doesn't actually comply with a long term principle so there's that initial check of do they comply with the principles the policies

A new stock exchange...

 this new policy, and they said that the university had joined a consortium of universities, and one of the requirements of membership was that we had to have stronger passwords that complied with some new requirements, and these requirements were that our passwords had to have a lot of entropy.

Lorrie Faith Cranor:...

 The court issues binding decisions that each member state must comply with. Human rights law is constantly evolving as are our views and definitions of what the basic human rights should be. For example, how basic or important is the right to democracy or to development?

What are the universal...

 But establishing a new nation would prove easier than running it. Congress had no power to make the states comply with their laws. When the national government proved unable to raise funds, enforce foreign treaties, or suppress rebellions, it was clear reform was needed.

Why wasn’t the Bill of...

 while complying with the isolation mandates. Bill, I really want to thank you for spending this time with us and for the financial investment, the time investment. You've really invested your life into trying to solve these big problems. And this is as big as they get.

How we must respond to...

 trying to get these people to comply there's rules regulation training auditing and in some extreme cases in the state there are spies but go into hospitals have observed the staff and if they're not compliant the original

Employees must wash...

 this bait station is up to code but hunters who don't comply with the rules could face thousands of dollars in fines and jail time hunting and fishing are popular pastimes on the kenai so wildlife troopers are constantly

Baiting Bears PIPE Alaska...

 She said, "Dr. Jones, you told me that we don't always win with this type of cancer, but I've been studying this protocol, and I think I can do it. I think I can comply with these very difficult treatments.

Comply

To follow rules or instructions.

Often appears as...

To behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.

Often appears as...

To meet specified standards.

Often appears as...

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Authority Present

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