Antonin Scalia Worst Quotes & Sayings

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country. — Alexis De Tocqueville

I know quickly whether a guy is boyfriend material. If I can have a good time doing absolutely nothing with him, then that's boyfriend material for me. Like if we're able to have fun at a gas station. I've had some really good times at gas stations. — Alyson Hannigan

I become more successful with each mistake. — Kari Sayers

He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God's hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Don't play games that you don't understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them. — Tony Hsieh

Education is a complex, multifaceted, and painstaking process, and being gifted does not make this less so. — Terence Tao

The United States has experienced high rates of inflation in the past and appears to be running the same type of fiscal policies that engendered hyperinflations in 20 countries over the past century. — Laurence Kotlikoff

Our lives are changing, this old world keeps turning. And I sit here and wonder, baby, what we're really learning. — Glenn Frey

For women born after 1949, the odds were that they would have sex before they reached age twenty.1 Despite the increase in the number of young people having sex in the 1950s and 1960s, access to birth control and sex education lagged far behind. Fearing that sex education would promote or encourage sexual relations, parents and schools thought it best to leave young people uninformed. During this time, effective birth control was difficult to obtain. — Ann Fessler

We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it. — Wendell Berry

I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better reexamine my position!' I probably believe that the worst opinions in my court have been unanimous. Because there's nobody on the other side pointing out all the flaws. — Antonin Scalia

If you ever expect life to be fair, you are in for a shocking disappointment. Life is what it is. Fair is something we made up. — Michael Treanor

You don't have to be in your later quarter of life to benefit from a future time perspective. Unplugging yourself from the present and projecting your dreams into the future can help you reach fulfillment at any age. — Susan Krauss Whitbourne