In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.

Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself.

C. JoyBell C.

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

Arlen Specter

Legislation, both statutory and constitutional, is enacted, it is true, from an experience of evils but its general language should not, therefore, be necessarily confined to the form that evil had theretofore taken. Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes. Therefore a principle, to be vital, must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions. They are not ephemeral enactments, designed to meet passing occasions. They are, to use the words of Chief Justice Marshall, 'designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.' The future is their care, and provision for events of good and bad tendencies of which no prophecy can be made. In the application of a constitution, therefore, our contemplation cannot be only of what has been, but of what may be. Under any other rule a constitution would indeed be as easy of application as it would be deficient in efficacy and power. Its general principles would have little value, and be converted by precedent into impotent and lifeless formulas. Rights declared in words might be lost in reality. And this has been recognized. The meaning and vitality of the Constitution have developed against narrow and restrictive construction.

Joseph McKenna, WEEMS v. U.S., 2

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

Larry Bird

Very little is needed to make a happy life it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius

Successful people are simply those with success habits.

Brian Tracy

I wake up every morning feeling lucky - which is driven by fear, no doubt, since I know it could all go away.

Natasha Richardson

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

George Bancroft

Dear Alec and Magnus,I known we're not really close, but Isabelle just came by to drop off a pleated orange velvet tux that she claims I will be wearing to your wedding. Is this true, and if so, why orange? -Simon

Cassandra Clare

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

Madeleine Albright

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

Warren Buffett

Pride and humiliation hand in hand

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The