#witness

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#part #possess #something #take #witness

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#because #comes #examined #feminists #haven

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#great #privileges #terrace #witness

We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science - revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence. ↗

— John Fiske

#constructive #endure #foundation #god #harmonize

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence. ↗

— John Foxe

#accuser #against #allowed #every #evidence

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#cannot #composed #fit #god #mind

It's rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses to lie on the witness stand. We just don't operate that way. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#around #assume #bags #being #bribe

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#case #cases #cold #court #court cases

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. ↗

— Goldie Hawn

#hardest #hearts #i #simple #softening

Even with all the advantages of retrospect, and a lot of witnesses dead and gone, you can't make your life look as if you intended it or you were consistent. All you can show is how you dealt with various hands. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#consistent #dead #dealt #even #gone