Court Quotes

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court.

No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.

There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.

When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.

The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before.

I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended

When a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all regal powers, he then, in the single person of a man, fights against his own majesty and kingship.

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

The Supreme Court has said that America is a Christian nation. But to make such a statement today causes reporters, newsmen, and many politicians to go ballistic.

To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts, to feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom - one brief hour of madness and joy.

Once I step on the court in San Antonio, I feel the support in the air.

The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.

If there is any truth to the old proverb that "one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client," the Court now bestows a constitutional right on one to make a fool of himself.

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!

I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency.

False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.

Taxes are the source of life for the bureaucracy, the army and the court, in short, for the whole apparatus of the executive power. Strong government and heavy taxes are identical.

I think one of the reasons our court system wants to remove The 10 Commandments is because The 10 Commandments reminds us we are sinners.

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.

God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf.

The Supreme Court of the United States is an institution damned by God Almighty.

When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous that wasn't the deal. I'm the court jester, not the queen.

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.

The Supreme Court has made God unconstitutional.

The day should come when all of the forms of life... will stand before the court - the pileated woodpecker as well as the coyote and bear, the lemmings as well as the trout in the streams.

I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.

When I’m on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

If two men or two women can marry, then there is no way a court could deny three men and two women or any combination thereof.

How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me.

From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.

You don't know a woman until you've met her in court.

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court

I regret not having enough training, I trained for a year at The Royal Court, but I very quickly went off to do films and television.

Courts of equity make their decrees so as to arrive at the justice of the case without violating the rules of law.

I saw the yearbook picture. There was six of them! I ain't have six friends in high school, I don't have six friends now! That's three on three with a half court.

People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.

I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

Every Saint belongs to the court of the Queen of All Saints.