Codifying Laws Quotes & Sayings

Each of us could be under a cloud of suspicion for the rest of our lives."
"A black spot," Dour Elinor intoned. "A blemish upon our maiden purity."
"Oh, no, surely not," disgraceful Mary Jane replied. "Not for such a trifling thing as neglecting to mention the death of a headmistress and her nasty brother. No one could really be upset over that. It takes much more fun to leave a blemish upon one's maiden purity. — Julie Berry

Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her. — Kim Harrison

To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to. — Garth Stein

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist. — James Rothman

Let your past be your spring-board, not your quicksand. — Steve Maraboli

My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me. — Lionel Messi

Codifying discrimination in our laws should be something we read about in American history, not on the front pages of today's American newspapers and magazines. — Dannel Malloy

The world could be a conniving harlot, as evil as a demon, but love would defeat her, every single time. Love never failed. — Gena Showalter

It is not the weariness of mortality, but the strength of divinity, which we have to recognize in all mighty things; and that is just what we now never recognize, but think that we are to do great things by help of iron bars and perspiration. Alas! we shall do nothing that way but lose some pounds of our own weight. — John Ruskin

I'm a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman with a cute bottom walking past. — Wilbur Smith

At the heart of vulnerability lies the willingness of people to abandon their pride and their fear, to sacrifice their egos for the collective good of the team. While this can be a little threatening and uncomfortable at first, ultimately it becomes liberating for people who are tired of spending time and energy overthinking their actions and managing interpersonal politics at work. — Patrick Lencioni

of the scorpion and the frog? The frog carried the scorpion on its back as they crossed the river. The scorpion stung the frog, and as they both were drowning, the frog asked the scorpion why he'd done it." "Because I'm a scorpion, — Skye Warren

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too, but began to blame everything on race. — James Earl Jones