Quotes about la
law black vision
The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that the left has spawned. That the black family, which survived centuries of slavery and generations of discrimination, has disintegrated in the wake of the liberal welfare states is only one example. Thomas Sowell
las-vegas people saving
Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos. Thomas Sowell
latin media leader
Someone recently pointed out how much Barack Obama's style and strategies resemble those of Latin American charismatic despots - the takeover of industries by demagogues who never ran a business, the rousing rhetoric of resentment addressed to the masses and the personal cult of the leader promoted by the media. But do we want to become the world's largest banana republic? Thomas Sowell
law ideas creating
When we contemplate the world of Epicurus, and conceive the universe to be a fortuitous jumble of atoms, there is nothing grand in this idea. The clashing of atoms by blind chance has nothing in it fit to raise our conceptions, or to elevate the mind. But the regular structure of a vast system of beings, produced by creating power, and governed by the best laws which perfect wisdom and goodness could contrive, is a spectacle which elevates the understanding, and fills the soul with devout admiration. Thomas Reid
law facts influence
It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances. Thomas Reid
law house ships
The laws of nature are the rules according to which the effects are produced; but there must be a cause which operates according to these rules. The laws of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house. Thomas Reid
lasts maa getting-laid
[Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid. Thomas Pynchon
laughter comedy argument
In comedy laughter settles all arguments. Robert McKee
laughter hate fall
Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic, masks fall away, faces become vulnerable, receptive. Filmgoers do not defend their emotions, rather they open to the storyteller in ways even their lovers never know, welcoming laughter, tears, terror, rage, compassion, passion, love, hate--the ritual often exhausts them. Robert McKee
law opposites long
That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments that suggest just the opposite. Robert Lanza
law existence grows
The laws of nature are structured so that we grow and change, and get to experience the full spectrum of biological existence. Robert Lanza
last-words lifts
Oh no, oh no... don't lift me, don't lift me. Robert Kennedy
law community police
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
land numbers sowing
If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over. Robert Grosseteste
land political tyranny
In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness. Robert Griffin III
laughing vacuums flaws
There is no flaw or vacuum in the amount of the truth - but all is truth without exception; And henceforth I will go celebrate any thing I see or am, And sing and laugh and deny nothing. Walt Whitman
land class america
Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. Walt Whitman
land dear
O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. Walt Whitman
laughter ambition sleep
Day full-blown and splendid-day of the immense sun, action, ambition, laughter, The Night follows close with millions of suns, and sleep and restoring darkness. Walt Whitman
law evil action
I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication. Walt Whitman
land water self-reliance
Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land. Walt Whitman
laughing leaves-of-grass satisfied
I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing. Walt Whitman
laughing doubt reincarnation
I know I am deathless. No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before. I laugh at what you call dissolution, and I know the amplitude of time. Walt Whitman
law greed world
In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed. Saul Alinsky
laughter adventure passion
Life is an adventure of passion, risk, danger, laughter, beauty, love; a burning curiosity to go with the action to see what it is all about, to go search for a pattern of meaning, to burn one's bridges because you're never going to go back anyway, and to live to the end. Saul Alinsky
land laundry visceral
But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own laundry most days and I get on with the business of living. Sandra Lerner
law issues library
In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called upon to decide. It provides the stability and continuity for the rule of law. Sandra Day O'Connor
law constitution cases
I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution. Sandra Day O'Connor
lawyer professors young
And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer. Sandra Day O'Connor
law roles interpreting
The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it. Sandra Day O'Connor
laughing people nails
Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy. Sandra Bullock
latin book reading
My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another. Sandra Cisneros
latin opportunity long
I admire them [latinos] for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving. Roselyn Sanchez