Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Some believe that the only way to remove the authoritarian regime and replace it with a democratic one is through violent means.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
He that doth righteousness; that is, righteousness which the gospel calleth so, is righteous; that is, precedent to, or before he doth… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do… — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
President's personal staff has a unique role. They're his intimate personal advisers, and the tradition and the precedent has been, even when… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You want sanity, democracy, community, an intact Earth? We can't get there, obeying Constitutional theory and law crafted by slave masters, imperialists,… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
In some ways Jews and the various largely Catholic and often poor European immigrant groups were "white," as the historian Tom Guglielmo… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
There is no precedent of a civilian population, displaced by a war that their leadership started and lost, claiming a right to… — Caroline Glick Copy Share Image
Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?” “It… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Society likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category. Maybe that's why… — Agnes Denes Copy Share Image
I'm not the first Christian to have a fruity past. I hesitate to compare myself to St Augustine or St Paul, but… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for… — Kenneth Noland Copy Share Image
From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent,… — Harry Seidler Copy Share Image
The president is supposed to execute faithfully the laws that the legislature has written. So, the executive orders that Barack Obama president… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
Always interline a contract before signing it, merely to impress the Party of the First Part. The one who puts his signature… — George Ade Copy Share Image
As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake… — Tiberius Copy Share Image
A CAUSE is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Paul believed, in fact, that Jesus had gone through death and out the other side. Jesus had gone into a new mode… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Clouds of a different sort signal an environmental holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle, hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There's quite obviously the desire to open the rule sets that allow for inclusion or disclusion. I think that my hope would… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
“Put the jerk in the south wing, you won't see him for weeks at a time. Or lock him in the attic.… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
I will look, your Honor, and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it; though it would seem to be a… — Rufus Choate Copy Share Image
If settled means that it cant be re-examined, thats one thing. If settled means that it is a precedent that is entitled… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of… — David Barton Copy Share Image
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises… — James Madison Copy Share Image
