Court Quote by Sandra Day O'Connor Download Open image “I think most people didn't want to do court duty.” — Sandra Day O'Connor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Court Duty People Thinking Want
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends...every… — John Brown Copy Share Image
Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off. — William O. Douglas 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
I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I loved my husband very much, and it was heartbreaking to have him develop Alzheimer's disease, and to stand by and watch him decline… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states. I'm a… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
You have to answer the question, like it or not. And the questions deserve a valid legal response, even if the response isn't one… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. ... Public records are one portal through which the… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn't go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature,… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself… — Sandra Day O'Connor 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