#court

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#beggars #court #distinguished #noble

People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week. ↗

— Gay Talese

#alimony #better #court #deal #different

The U.S. Supreme Court has established that the tribes own their water. What I'd like to focus on is doing something with the water that results in economic development. ↗

— Dave Freudenthal

#development #doing #economic #economic development #established

We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to say, 'Every single one of them wasn't just the best Latino for the job, but the best person for the job.' ↗

— Charlie Gonzalez

#best #court #every #first #hispanic

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#arrested #avoid #been #bound #charged

I'm a graduate of Princeton, and I just want to say you don't have to go to an Ivy League school to be on the Supreme Court. ↗

— Richard Land

#go #graduate #i #ivy #ivy league

You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#cassandra-clare #city-of-fallen-angels #magnus-bane #mortal-instruments #food

Love may fail, but courtesy will prevail. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut Jailbird

#love #love

Has she glanced you way yet?" Twice," Nick said on a note of satisfaction. Meaning?" Nick glanced at him. "She's not completely disinterested." I see Moreland. That makes it an even half dozen hanging out for a rich wife. Four looking for their second. Rossman, the old satyr, certainly isn't likely to be much competition. What in the hell does he think he's doing anyway? He must be sixty." Basking, I should think. She hasn't given him the cold shoulder yet," Nick responded coolly. ↗

— Jaide Fox

#courting #humor #romance #humor

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. ↗

— Lawrence Goldstone

#respect #respect