It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands.

Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.

If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted by all men who try to behave reasonably - well, I don't see how you can have any ethics or any ethical background for law.

Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit.

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse.

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.

I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted.

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard.

It is strange how little harm bad codes do.

Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say.

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.

Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows.

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties.

There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.

It's very important with an artificial leg that all high heels are exactly the same height.

It's an honor to represent a Latin culture.

Life isnt black and white. Its a million gray areas dont you find

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

Award shows can only be a reflection of the material out there.

I have no regrets about being 'Doctor Who'. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

Everything is falling together perfectly even though it looks as if some things are falling apart. Trust in the process you are now experiencing.

It's about getting in position and taking a swing. I don't care if you're taking steroids or not; if you don't do those two things, it's not going to matter anyway.

Women simply need to know the right technique of shaving to get the best results.

I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could.

Bottom line: I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off.

So live for the kingdom of God. Seek to bring glory to Jesus Christ and the Lord will use you. It is my prayer, my constant and daily prayer, that God would keep me useable.

All you must do is accept all that is unacceptable to you.

I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.

I think it's an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit.

When I go for a project, I wonder what underpinning a project will have that's going to give the audience some emotional access to it.

Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book.

Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?

Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts.

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.