Juridicus Quotes & Sayings

Technically, our name, to those who speak science, is Homo sapiens - wise person. But we have been described in many other ways. Homo narrans, juridicus, ludens, diaspora: we are storytelling, legal, game-playing, scattered people, too. True but incomplete. That old phrase has the secret. We are all, have always been, will always be, Homo vorago aperientis: person before whom opens a vast & awesome hole. — China Mieville

them up. "Which floor?" His upper crust Brit accent curls around my spine, making mush out of me. "Uh, nine." I reach across to press the '9' button, and a whiff of his scent reaches me - expensive cologne, clean soap, and a base note I suspect is just him. My legs, already wobbly from the mad dash from the Metro, turn — Magda Alexander

It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where individuals and minorities are at the mercy of unconstrained majorities hardly constitutes freedom in any meaningful sense. — Keith Preston

Freedom is a free decision. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't think science is hard to teach because humans aren't ready for it, or because it arose only through a fluke, or because, by and large, we don't have the brainpower to grapple with it. Instead, the enormous zest for science that I see in first-graders and the lesson from the remnant hunter-gatherers both speak eloquently: A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our survival. It is our birthright. When, through indifference, inattention, incompetence, or fear of skepticism, we discourage children from science, we are disenfranchising them, taking from them the tools needed to manage their future. — Carl Sagan

Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the miserable hopes that have kept him alive. — Emil Cioran

You don't have to be who you are, if you don't like it. No matter what, you can be who you were meant to be. — Daniel Vlcek

I think he [Raul] is the greatest player to have ever played the game. He walks on the turf and astounds. It is utterly amazing. — Luis Figo

But any perception of this application being speeded up requires me to take responsibility. — David Blunkett

You can't dream unless you know what the possibilities are. — Sonia Sotomayor

I don't get into these petty things, Kentucky-Louisville. To me, it's nonsense ... There will be people at Kentucky that will have a nervous breakdown if they lose to us ... They've got to put the fences up on bridges. There will be people consumed by Louisville. — Rick Pitino

I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine. — Mike Nichols

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too. — Mary Douglas

I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem. — Barbra Streisand

The worldly life remains [and is not ending and one is not going to moksha] due to the pollution of the mind [bad mind/bad thoughts] and not due to the pollution of the body. — Dada Bhagwan

When you are conscious, try to develop an acute awareness about the mysterious aspects of our being, our consciousness. — Debasish Mridha