Memorable Courtroom Quotes & Sayings

I've been told that some guy wrote something like, 'Andy Serkis does everything, animators do nothing.' Of course I never in a million years said that, wouldn't ever say that. It's not within my understanding of filmmaking to ever say anything like that. — Andy Serkis

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher. — Ronald Reagan

Thanks to God that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right. ~John — David McCullough

How is it that Christians today will pay $20 to hear the latest Christian artist in concert, but Jesus can't draw a crowd? — Jim Cymbala

I wish I didn't have to live up to anything. — Christine Baranski

Fantasy isn't about escape; it's a survival mechanism. It's a way to deal with things that are so much bigger than you are. So I think fantasy is special, something to be cherished and protected because it's a very fragile thing and without it, we're so defenseless, we're paralyzed. — The Martian Child David Gerrold

I would go to heaven, if I believed in heaven. — Jill Sobule

He is a prophet and not a poet and therefore his Koran is to be seen as a divine law and not as a book of a human being, made for education or entertainment. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education. — Tom Chatfield

Ah! Paul, you could not go when you wished. Caesar must convoy you. Your Master would have you go to Rome under the protection of the eagles of your empire. God has servants everywhere: he can make Satan himself provide the body-guard for his faithful apostle's journey. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The idea of unlimited growth... needs to be seriously questioned on at least two counts: the availability of basic resources and... the capacity of the environment to cope with the degree of interference implied. - E.F. Schumacher — Wayne Ellwood

In this life we are all fighting to be. Be something, be someone. Be rich, be happy, be successful. It's not enough to just BE. — Jennifer Calvert

I wanted to survive - not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning of the world for the wisest purposes, benevolent and disciplinary, by Divine Wisdom. — Samuel Morse