Court Quotes · Page 71

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.

— William O. Douglas

The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death…

— Quentin Crisp

Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.

— Alexander Hamilton

When you don't play for a while, you really value just how much fun it is just to be back on the…

— David Lee

Wyndham's is a beautiful old theatre. The sensation on the stage isn't as different as you might think from the Royal Court.

— Sophie Thompson

I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I an humbled to have been…

— Samuel Alito

I think it's really important to know each other off and on the court - see what the people are like on…

— Juancho Hernangomez

The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.

— Joni Mitchell

When I said that the court should be willing to suffer even intemperate criticism, I did not mean that people should level…

— Prashant Bhushan

I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government…

— Robert A. Heinlein

In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest…

— Henry A. Kissinger

[Donald Trump] said that he would likely have a decision and an announcement by the end of January [2017] and that'll obviously…

— Mike Pence

You have clay players that have maybe struggled doing as well on hard courts and those will get criticised. But you also…

— Casper Ruud

The Obama years will be remembered as a cultural - and legal - tipping point for equality for all people who do…

— Charles M. Blow

We fail to continue to talk to, to court, to engage our voters. And then we look up and expect our nominees…

— Andrew Gillum

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was…

— Andre Agassi

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

— Yakubu Gowon

My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.

— Louis XIV

I try to show a little bit of excitement, only when I'm on the court, but off the court I'm just chill.

— Collin Sexton

My favorite memory is, as a freshman, going to Carolina and beating them. Going over there and winning on their court. I…

— Grant Hill

The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.

— Martina Hingis

[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to…

— Alexander Hamilton

Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist.

— Clint Smith

Hitting with the guys, it's another level of intensity. When you see, on that side, someone like Jannik or Novak, you learn…

— Aryna Sabalenka

It baseball is an American institution and more lasting than some marriages, war, Supreme Court decisions and even major depressions

— Art Rust, Jr

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out…

— Oscar Robertson

I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I…

— Larry Flynt

I don't court haters. I don't thrive on people not liking things that I do. I treat people the way I want…

— Josh Gondelman

I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a…

— Rafael Nadal

I can't begin to describe how humiliating it is for a law-abiding citizen to be cross-examined in a court of law for…

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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

— Hannah More

Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

It is difficult to be yourself on court, as you become very involved in the match and very focused.

— Dominika Cibulkova

My first visit to Lucknow was perhaps in 1995-96. I was then working with theatre director Ranjit Kapur on the production of…

— Shoojit Sircar

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

— Jim Gaffigan

I stated at Justice [John] Roberts' hearing, the court's injected itself into many of the political debates of our day.

— Sam Brownback

I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.

— George Washington

To me, I'll always be the skinny, 5-foot-6 eighth-grader on the YMCA court, trying to get grown men to choose me for…

— Trae Young

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage…

— Anonymous