Quotes about la
latin reading latin-america
When I was very young I was reading a lot of Latin American fiction, which later would be called "boom fiction." Sandra Cisneros
language english-language englishmen
An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. Samuel Johnson
law suffering injury
Laws teach us to know when we commit injury and when we suffer it.
language trouble poet
Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation. But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written, we learn the language.
lasts truth-will-prevail reason
Reason and truth will prevail at last
law practice rejection
All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from general laws to private judgment: he, therefore, who differs form others without apparent advantage, ought not to be angry if his arrogance is punished with ridicule; if those whose example he superciliously overlooks, point him out to derision, and hoot him back again into the common road.
laughter said pardon
What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.
law ideas differences
The mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of its laws to the use of life, in which they are constrained to submit to the imperfections of matter and the influence of accidents.
law humanity existence
Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.
laughing may woe
In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human bliss to human woe.
law opposites rocks
To embarrass justice by multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, seem to be the opposite rocks on which all civil institutions have been wrecked, and between which legislative wisdom has never yet found an open passage.
law ruffian relentless
There ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey.
law benefits suits
Sir, it is wrong to stir up law-suits; but when once it is certain that a law-suit is to go on, there is nothing wrong in a lawyer's endeavouring that he shall have the benefit, rather than another.
law principles increase
As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles.
law acting benefits
The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
law ideas people
Narrow scope of judicial power was the reason that people accepted the idea that the federal courts could have the power of judicial review; that is, the ability to decide whether a challenged law comports with the Constitution. Sam Brownback
law judging want
Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it.
law long benches
Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law.
land rivers sea
Palestine is Arab and must be liberated from the river to the sea and all the Zionists who emigrated to the land of Palestine must leave. Saddam Hussein
laughing upset cracks
I used to crack A joke when Sourav Ganguly is upset and make him happy , i usually speak in bengali which would make him laugh Sachin Tendulkar
latin miami flavor
In Miami, there's a Latin flavor, and I just love every bit of it. Ryan Guzman
lasts famous-last-words nobody-knows
Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows? Ryan Adams
laughter heart passion
While you can fill every heart as your own full of laughter loud as gold and passion quick as silver.
lasts
To be somebody, you must last. Ruth Gordon
language conjuring form
language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you. Ruth Ozeki
law mankind all-time
The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind. Rufus King
law honor firsts
I will look, your Honor, and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it; though it would seem to be a pity that the Court should lose the honor of being the first to establish so just a rule. Rufus Choate
law islam almighty
In Islam, the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty. Ruhollah Khomeini
law long people
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it Roy Barnes
law records week
And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.
law justice clubs
The law should be a shield for the weak and powerless, not a club for the
lame ignored my-favorite
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and my [redacted]. See what I did there? Roxane Gay
land roots america
I, in my own mind, have always thought of America as a place in the divine scheme of things that was set aside as a promised land...Any person with the courage, with the desire to tear up their roots, to strive for freedom, to attempt and dare to live in a strange and foreign place, to travel halfway across the world was welcome here. Ronald Reagan