Kannenbergblock Quotes & Sayings

The common law does not proceed by legislation, or by imposing directives and decrees on a reluctant population. It proceeds by resolving conflicts, and discovering the rules that are implicit in those conflicts and in the behaviour that gives rise to them. Common law is discovered law, and its principles are not imposed from above but extracted from below, by judges whose aim is to do justice in the individual case, rather than to reform the conduct of mankind. Its rights are not stated but implied, and they encapsulate a vision of individual freedom rather than a politics of collective conformity. The rights dreamed up in the European Courts, by judges who do not pay the cost of imposing them, are experiments in social engineering, rather than recognitions of individual sovereignty, and this is in no matter more evident than in those clauses that have imposed the mores of the elite on a reluctant residue of Christian believers, and which are now ubiquitous in our statutory law. — Roger Scruton

The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest. — Maiwenn

I'm not the damsel in distress. I'm the villain. It's only a matter of time before he realizes this. — Stacey Trombley

If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able to see for crying, but I would have considered that a duty. — Terry Pratchett

- It's gas but, isn't it? How we get suckered in. Some prick in a white coat says if you eat all o' your peas Gina Lollobrigida will sit on your face. — Roddy Doyle

I hate him for instilling awful things in my memory and somehow making me grieve for him in the midst of all the awful. I don't want to grieve over his loss. I want to rejoice in it, but it's just not in me. — Colleen Hoover

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president. — Hillary Clinton

In a mist the heights can for the most part see each other; but the valleys cannot. — Augustus William Hare

I did not hesitate to put the question that came to the tip of my tongue. After all, if you want to know something the best way is to ask. — W. Somerset Maugham

Sasha told me you were looking for engagement rings. Do you have a specific style in mind?
Yeah the kind that fits on her hand and makes her say yes when I propose — J. Sterling

I am such a girly girl, and I love not playing it safe. I'm so new to this world, so it's fun to establish myself as a fashionista. — Kelsea Ballerini

If I died tomorrow, he wouldn't cheer, he wouldn't break down. He wouldn't do anything. — James L. Rubart

I particularly remember the time I gave (the research director) my paper on the banking industry. I felt very proud of my work. However, he read through it and said, 'This is useless. What makes the stock go up and down?' That comment acted as a spur. Thereafter, I focused my analysis on seeking to identify the factors that were strongly correlated to a stock's price movement as opposed to looking at all the fundamentals. Frankly, even today, many analysts still don't know what makes their particular stocks go up and down. — Stanley Druckenmiller

My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth. — Hope Solo