"It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of 'laws' to what is found written on the statute books, and to disregard the gloss which life has written upon it."

-- Felix Frankfurter

#Book Quotes #Law Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“If we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the party that is in, and wait till the next election and then throw out the other party that is in - then, I say, the commercial politician would feel a demand for good government and he would supply it.”

Source : Lincoln Steffens (2012). “The Shame of the Cities”, p.6, Courier Corporation
“I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.”
“Did you ever really love her? Not really no. But me? Yes. Even though I have no pizzazz?”
“[God says] Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours.”
“I like to walk a lot and various ideas come in my mind. Many of them I discard.”

Source : "'Collateral Beauty' Film Writer: Will Smith Was Best Actor for Dramatic Leading Role". Interview with Jeannie Law, www.christianpost.com. December 23, 2016.
“They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.”
“Free grace will fix those, whom free will shook down into a gulph of misery.”
“Close observation of children at play suggests that they find out about the world in the same way as scientists find out about new phenonoma and test new ideas...during this exploration, all the senses are used to observe and draw conclusions about objects and events through simple, if crude, scientific investigations.”

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