Litigiousness Quotes & Sayings

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm. — Gelsey Kirkland

The twisty nature of psychic attack - are you being attacked, or did you bring this attack on yourself? - speaks to me of an American cultural paradox we all grapple with. There's the rampant litigiousness of our society, and the desire to blame others for our misfortunes. — Heidi Julavits

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. — Victor Hugo

Be suspicious of the litigious. — Stewart Stafford

Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important. Experience is important. Feeling is important. — Steve House

[S]ome score of members of the High Court of Chancery bar ought to be
as here they are
mistily engaged in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause, tripping one another up on slippery precedents, groping knee-deep in technicalities, running their goat-hair and horse-hair warded heads against walls of words, and making a pretence of equity with serious faces ... — Charles Dickens

We move closer together like sections of a tightened shoelace — Veronica Roth

He didn't think he was edging into dementia. He suspected he was edging into sanity, the long way around. The hard way. — Lois McMaster Bujold

I'm known in the trade as Litigiousness because, which means to say I'm willing to pull people into court straight away, no messing, thank you. — Jimmy Savile

It's funny how we think life works a certain way because of TV and movies. Most people don't really think about how scripts are edited and how people get to practice their lines and rehearse. If one doesn't get it right they get to redo the scene until they do. In real life what's missing or not working only comes up when we're going along full blast. We end up being the editors of our lives only while we're running in real time. — Mark Kendrick

A New York City judge struck down a proposed law to ban sodas larger than 16 ounces. I think Mayor Bloomberg should spend his time trying to improve stuff like education. New York needs a better education system if kids didn't figure out they could get around the 16-ounce soda ban by simply purchasing two 12-ounce sodas. — Craig Ferguson