Court Quotes - Page 32

• I have often thought how little I should like to have to prove organic evolution in a court of law.

  Errol White

  Law, Littles, Evolution

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• I had to learn how to give my best effort to God and trust him with the results. I have to learn to have enough faith to trust in his grace and to trust in his sovereign and perfect plan. I had to submit my will, my desires, my dreams — give it all up to God and say, “Look, I am going to give my best effort, go on the court and play every day for you, and I'm going to let you take care of the rest.

  Jeremy Lin

  Dream, Play, Best Effort

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• It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance the war, but it took until 1872 for it to be repealed. During the Grover Cleveland administration, Congress enacted the Income Tax Act of 1894. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in 1895. It took the Sixteenth Amendment (1913) to make permanent what the Framers feared -- today's income tax.

  Walter E. Williams

  War, Cleveland, Income

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• What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work in accordance with the whole A man's life brings nothing unless he lives in accordance with the whole universe Playing one's part in accordance with the universe is true humility So whether you're a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path If you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours

  Laozi

  Life, Humility, Men

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• Stella: I got a nose for trouble. I can smell it ten miles away... I can smell trouble right here in this apartment. First you smash your leg. Then you get to lookin' out the window. See things you shouldn't see. Trouble. I can see you in court now, surrounded by a bunch of lawyers in double-breasted suits. You're pleading: 'Judge, it was only a little bit of innocent fun. I love my neighbors like a father.' And the Judge says, 'Well, congratulations, you've just given birth to three years in Dannemora.'

  Thelma Ritter

  Love, Fun, Father

  "Fictional character: Stella". "Rear Window", 1954.

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• Nature does not reveal all her secrets at once. We imagine we are initiated in her mysteries: we are, as yet, but hanging around her outer courts.

  Seneca the Younger

  Nature, Secret, Doe

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• Of this voyage, I observe, that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal miracles that He has shown on the voyage, and for me, who for so great a time was in the court of Your Highnesses with the opposition and against the opinion of so many high personages of your household, who were all against me, alleging this undertaking to be folly, which I hope in Our Lord will be to the greater glory of Christianity, which to some slight extent already has happened.

  Christopher Columbus

  Time, Writing, Miracle

  "Journal of the First Voyage". Book by Bartolomé de Las Casas. Entry for March 15, 1493,

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• The internet has no government, no constitution, no laws, no rights, no police, no courts. Don't talk about fairness or innocence, and don't talk about what should be done. Instead, talk about what is being done and what will be done by the amorphous unreachable undefinable blob called the internet user base.

  Paul Vixie

  Law, Rights, Government

  NANOG mailing list, 2004.

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• Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women? One day, I received an SMS from a friend in New York - she was in a taxi on the way to court to face her arsehole ex-husband, and she said to me 'Alber, I am wearing a Lanvin dress, and I feel so protected.' That to me was the biggest compliment I ever received. To have a 500 gram piece of silk make her feel protected - that made me very happy indeed.

  Alber Elbaz

  New York, Husband, One Day

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• De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a great success. Nor can we overlook the contribution of the entertainment industry, which now determines what passes for 'culture.' The main practical vehicle of de-Christianization has been the Sexual Revolution. A few radicals have called for the abolition of the family, but most liberals have been more discreet, avoiding hostile rhetoric while quietly but constantly pursuing policies that result in lower birthrates and fatherless children.

  Joseph Sobran

  Children, America, Government

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• Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court.

  Walter Smith

  Citizens, Residents, Cases

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• Virginia and Maryland attorneys argued this is a national problem and needs a national solution. I'm hoping that with a federal court agreeing this is inequitable, Congress will now act and do the right thing for the District.

  Walter Smith

  Virginia, Needs, Problem

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• I did not go to the Supreme Court on behalf of a class of women. I wasn't pursuing any legal remedy to my unwanted pregnancy. I did not go to the federal courts for relief. I went to Sarah Weddington asking her if she knew how I could obtain an abortion. She and Linda Coffey said they didn't know where to get one. They lied to me just like I lied to them. Sarah already had an abortion. She knew where to get one. Sarah and Linda were just looking for somebody, anybody, to further their own agenda. I was their willing dupe. For this, I will forever be ashamed.

  Norma McCorvey

  Pregnancy, Class, Abortion

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• I deeply regret the damage my original case caused women. I want the Supreme Court to examine the evidence and have a spirit of justice for women and children.

  Norma McCorvey

  Children, Regret, Justice

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• I didn't attend any of the court proceedings.

  Norma McCorvey

  Proceeding

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• The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Family, Night, Justice

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• The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.

  Jay Sekulow

  Insulting, Speech, Robust

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• In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.

  James L. Buckley

  Decision, Speech, Firsts

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• ...to continue to be one of the world centres for scientific research, we have to stand up and be counted in support of researchers, go on marches and demonstrations, and back even tougher action by the police and the courts against these terrorists.

  Jack Straw

  Animal, Support, Police

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• When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.

  Stan Smith

  Goal, Focus, Tennis

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• I was surprised how I was feeling on the court because I was focused only on the point and on the game and not on the final.

  Petra Kvitova

  Games, Focus, Feelings

  "Kvitova Captures First Wimbledon Title by Beating Sharapova" by Danielle Rossingh, www.bloomberg.com. July 2, 2011.

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• Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.

  Pete Sampras

  Careers, Focus, Tennis

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.10, Crown Archetype

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• Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Play, Focus

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• Tennis is a young man's game. Until you're 25, you can play singles. From 25 to 35, you should play doubles. I won't tell you exactly how old I am, but when I played, there were 28 men on the court - just on my side of the net.

  George Burns

  Men, Games, Play

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• I don't think I've ever held a racket in my hand ... There's got to be somebody in the US who isn't trying to play tennis and stinking up the court.

  Isaac Asimov

  Thinking, Hands, Play

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