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Saturday, September 28th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Court'

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If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.
Jock Sturges, American Photographer
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.
Cass Sunstein, American Lawyer (1954-  )
Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
William Howard Taft, American President (1857-1930)
People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.
Gay Talese, American Author (1932-  )
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat (1754-1838)
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
Bennie Thompson, American Politician (1948-  )
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
Thucydides, Greek Historian
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.
Henry Timrod, American Poet (1829-1867)
I didn't know how much I cared about having a woman on the court until the day there was a woman on the court.
Nina Totenberg, American Journalist (1944-  )
Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
Harry S. Truman, American President (1884-1972)
I am waiting for the decision, which is not depending of me, to know if the trial will be in Iraq, in the states, or in international court. Of course, the decision is not mine.
Jacques Verges, French Lawyer (1925-  )
Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.
Gijs de Vries, Dutch Politician (1956-  )
If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.
Arthur E. Waite, -
I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.
Rick Wakeman, British Musician (1949-  )
Many words are not wanting to show that the particular view of each court occasioned the dangers which affected the public tranquillity; yet the whole is charged to my account. Nor is this sufficient.
Robert Walpole, British Statesman (1676-1745)
Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
John Wanamaker, American Businessman (1838-1922)
The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts.
Earl Warren, American Judge (1891-1974)
The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.
Mercy Otis Warren, American Playwright (1728-1814)
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.
Mercy Otis Warren, American Playwright (1728-1814)
I'm thrilled to have a completely new audience that I can get from Court TV, without it being my own trial. That was the only other way I would have gotten it.
John Waters, Director (1946-  )
 
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