Tantamount Quotations

An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.

The possibility of preventative detention raises serious concern that such detention may be tantamount to derogation of the country's human rights obligations under international law.

Neo-liberalism and globalization and the way they are being implemented today are tantamount to new and sophisticated forms of plundering,

It cannot tantamount to holding a public meeting, this cannot be called campaigning.

Tinkering with it is tantamount to shutting down the regulation, Are you indicating that there will be no cooperation from DHEC if we don't pass it?

Trade secrets which go directly to the economic security of the United States, which today is tantamount to our national security,

We shouldn't be subsidizing them if they're working here illegally. Giving employers a deduction off of their tax liability is tantamount to subsidizing them.

When prosecutors withdrew their indictment and the court approved it, Zhao Yan should have been released immediately as it was tantamount to declaring him innocent.

Training one student in quality and unbiased reporting is tantamount to enlightening thousands and thousands of future readers.

European countries have the duty to fully collaborate in the investigations of gross human-rights violations committed on their territory. Not co-operating with those investigations is tantamount to collaborating with the abuses.

There's no doubt in my mind that the day that the CEO from Bridgestone/Firestone was put on the air to apologize for this, it would be the very last day that that person would be working there, ... For a Japanese executive to go that far and assume the responsibility really is tantamount to saying, 'I've caused all these problems with my bad management style,' and that's why I think you'll see somebody go into Bridgestone and I'll bet he'll make huge changes.

I started the Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979. The idea of bringing Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism into the mainstream of medicine was tantamount to the Visigoths being at the gates about to tear down the citadel of Western civilization.

Anything above a couple of feet per second is extremely difficult to wade in. To operate a boat in anything close to 10 to 15 feet per second is extremely difficult. Being in (that kind of) water is tantamount to being dead.

Any number Wal-Mart gives is tantamount to an economic indicator,

Anyone who says that there is nothing extraordinary about a statement that's tantamount to interference in the internal affairs of other countries betrays the psyche of a bully, a bully who sees a red rag everywhere.

This is even more worrying in the absence of any clear indications as to what might be the nature of the envisaged offshore processing arrangement. If it is not one that meets the same high standards Australia sets for its own processes, this could be tantamount to penalizing for illegal entry.

This is precisely the agreement that most of these guys when they were out of office said was tantamount to capitulation.

There's a lot of possibility that there could be a motion (on Thursday) that could be tantamount to confidence.

Asking that is tantamount to quizzing college freshmen on the nature of 'truth': it will beget answers as varied as the faces in the classroom,

It's tantamount to trying to measure the surface of the earth, from Mount Everest...all the way down to the height of a raisin, and be able to see it all in detail.

It's tantamount to sticker shock. Motorists are not getting what's advertised, and that's not right.

It's tantamount to devaluation. We'll have to see whether the authorities can keep the devaluation controlled or not.

It's possible to protect New Orleans from a Category 5 hurricane. To do nothing is tantamount to negligence.

It was pointed out ... that the U.S. statement is not only unwarranted and misplaced, but is tantamount to interference in the internal affairs and the judicial process of Pakistan.

The message that would send is tantamount to a clarion call to this dangerous migration. The good men and women of the Coast Guard have enough on their plate.

The Canadian government is following the bad example set by the U.S. administration if it thinks it can hide the facts from the population. Respect for the grief of the families is of course necessary, but it should not be used as a pretext that is tantamount to censorship.

I don't think the public understands all the ramifications of those four months last year. It's tantamount to a criminal profiting from a book or movie deal about their crimes.

Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza. We are exerting maximum efforts to restore calm.

Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza.