"We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time."

-- William J. Brennan

#Mean Quotes #Looks Quotes #Ultimate Questions Quotes

“Is there anybody hiding there in the dark?”

Source : "Fictional character: Clouseau". "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", www.imdb.com. 1976.
“All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”
“Prison does strange things to men. Although its purpose is to break the free spirit of a man, in many cases it just adds fuel to the fire that has never been and will never be extinguished.”
“I was very afraid at the beginning, until Master told me that pain isn't the truth; it's what you have to get through in order to find the truth.”
“The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.”
“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.”

Source : "Ustinov's comic touch". BBC obituary, news.bbc.co.uk. March 29, 2004.
“Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.”
“Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.”

Source : Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). “Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce”, p.385, Harvard University Press

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