Doniger Engstrand Quotes & Sayings

There are really only two standards of appellate review: plenary and deferential. Conventionally there are four basic standards (with many variants), which in ascending order of deference to the trial court or administrative agency are de novo, clearly erroneous, substantial evidence, and abuse of discretion. But the last three are, in practice, the same, because finer distinctions are beyond judges' cognitive capacity. The multiplication of unusual distinctions is a familiar judicial pathology. — Richard A. Posner

So many Americans felt that their neighbor had no right to know more than they did. — John Dos Passos

Tell her this
And more,
That the king of the seas
Weeps too, old, helpless man.
The bustling fates
Heap his hands with corpses
Until he stands like a child
With surplus of toys. — Stephen Crane

God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all others. If thou read with understanding, it will make thee a great master of philosophy, and a true servant of the divine Author: if thou but barely read, it will make thee thine own wise man and the Author's fool. — Francis Quarles

Little value comes out of the belief that people will respond progressively better by treating them progressively worse. — Eric Harvey

I don't like to stick to one formula. That gets boring. I get bored, so I want to try different ways of getting inside something. — Thomas Jane

She said I could come back to her room if I liked. 'I'll check if you've got testicular cancer,' she said without a trace of humour.

It kind of killed the mood. — Peter Moore

Writers should be heard, not seen. — Ama H. Vanniarachchy

Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU. — Craig Groeschel

There is time for you to pray, and there is time for you to fight! — Sunday Adelaja

It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a real eye opener for me. — Deborah Ann Woll

When people drink, they talk, and talk is dangerous! — August Strindberg

Do not be alarmed by the minor inconsistencies in the syntax. They are meant to heighten your level of attention and thereby make you a better programmer. — David Geary