Court Quote by Patricia Highsmith Download Open image “Every man is his own law court and punishes himself enough.” — Patricia Highsmith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Court Crime Crime and punishment Enough Every man Law Law courts Men
It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Through his spoken word, man is continually making laws for himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn Copy Share Image
Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself. — William Powell Copy Share Image
I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me.” — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness. — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“He felt he was about to experience again some ancient, delicious childhood moment that the steam calliope's sour hollowness, the stitching hurdy-gurdy accompaniment, and… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“It was a kind of arrogance, perhaps, to believe so in one's destiny. But, on the other hand, who could be more genuinely humble… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
I should love to do a novel, about one abnormal character seeing present-day life, very ordinary life, yet arresting through it, abnormality, until at… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“Dusk was falling quickly. It was just after 7 P.M., and the month was October.” — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own thoughts had created it?” — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh. She had a vision of a pale-white… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“That's exactly where you're wrong! Any kind of person can murder. Purely circumstances and not a thing to do with temperament! People get so… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
Long before the 2016 presidential campaign, confidential sources had alerted me to longstanding misuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court system and the erosion… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
I have always worked really hard off the court. I think it's helped me play more consistently on the tour. — Jack Draper Copy Share Image
The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The… — Gene Scott Copy Share Image
They will find somebody younger, somebody funnier, somebody more engaged. As long as the court genre is viable, people are going to be looking… — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service must reduce its stamp prices. The change in stamp prices is expected to affect… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
What I do know is I'm going to give absolute 100 percent effort any time I'm on the court. — Trevor Ariza Copy Share Image
...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart deals," to… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
What's going on in my life, I never bring it to the basketball court. — Kemba Walker Copy Share Image