Case Quotes
3360 quotes by 2468 authors
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The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference…
— Alexander Alekhine
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Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.
— Andy Goldsworthy
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The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This…
— Pliny the Elder
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Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.
— Blaise Pascal
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(Scottish Terriers) have all the compactness of a small dog and all the valor of a big one. And they are so exceedingly sturdy that…
— Dorothy Parker
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good…
— Billie Holiday
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Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling…
— Denzel Washington
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This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of…
— Albert Claude
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Why have I so little control? It is the case of much waste and pain in my life.
— Virginia Woolf
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I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like…
— Ned Kelly
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Before we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary. They were asked to listen…
— Alafair Burke
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Mind, I am not preaching anything contrary to accepted morality. I am not advocating free love in this or any other case. Society must go…
— Ford Madox Ford
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When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly…
— Albert Einstein
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Now for my own case, I bless the Lord that, for all that hath been said of me, my conscience doth not condemn me. I…
— Donald Cargill
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At the end of the table, the secretary was reading the decision in some case, but in such a mournful and monotonous voice, that the…
— Nikolai Gogol
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People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life.…
— Amy Tan
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The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the…
— Sheena Easton
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Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with will-power to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there…
— Takuan Soho
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I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or…
— Rand Beers
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Even my momma asked what I'mma do. Decisions, decisions/ In case this is war, then I load up on all ammunition/ If a n----a want…
— J. Cole
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