Learned Hand Quotes

This is the most miserable of cases, but we must dispose of it as though it had been presented by actual lawyers.

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• Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.

  

  Karolina Kurkova
  • Remember
  • You
  • Know

• I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Running
  • Space
  • Hiking

• You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Work
  • Success
  • Know

• Uncertainty of any sort results in volatility, and Brexit will be no exception.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Will
  • Results
  • Uncertainty

• Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up.

  

  Tawni O'Dell
  • Up
  • Long
  • Writing

• The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Time
  • Know
  • Professional

• I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit.

  

  Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
  • Mind
  • Culture
  • Japanese

• My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are even some moms who think it's cheesy. It's a role you can't prepare for; it's a role you don't get paid to do, but it is the most rewarding role, and to me, it's been the most fulfilling.

  

  Vanessa Lachey
  • People
  • Kids
  • Think

• I can make the argument that people who don't have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may be pitchy at times... with the right record that's really unique and distinct, they can have big hits.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • May
  • Unique

• We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Years
  • Evolution
  • Example

• For my body, I like high-waisted jeans because they make your leg look longer and hides this extra thing on my stomach. You can eat extra food with it because it hides, and I like to tuck in my t-shirts.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • High
  • Food
  • Body

• Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.

  

  Earl Blumenauer
  • Country
  • Community
  • Balance

• I've never felt any huge intrusions into my personal life.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • Life
  • Never
  • Personal

• A lot of the vibe in London is being sucked dry because of the economic situation. It's very expensive, and it gives you nothing back. New York still feels like there's stuff going on. People are struggling to create art. There's still a vibe.

  

  Finn Jones
  • People
  • Art
  • New York

• You name him. I beat him.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • You
  • Name
  • Him

• People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

  

  Condoleezza Rice
  • People
  • May
  • Hurt

• You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Interesting

• My goodness, what a blast it is filming 'Woody.'

  

  Bradley Walsh

• Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

  

  Dave Chappelle
  • Movie

• Every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question: 'What does this mean for the next election? What does it mean for your poll numbers? Is this good for the Democrats or good for the Republicans? Who won the news cycle?' That's just how Washington is. They can't help it. They're obsessed with the sport of politics.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Good
  • Important
  • Help

• Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

  

  Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
  • Song
  • Earth
  • Faces

• It also is true that some ideas naturally work themselves out over a longer period of time than a single human life can encompass.

  

  James E. Gunn
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources of intelligence in former histories and records, which may be as much depended on, I conclude, as anything that does not actually pass under ones own observation; and as for the little embellishments you speak of, they are embellishments, and I like them as such.

  

  Jane Austen
  • History
  • True
  • False

• This is the most miserable of cases, but we must dispose of it as though it had been presented by actual lawyers.

  

  Learned Hand