Rakoff Judge Quotes & Sayings

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely. — Martin Fleischmann

Some are born to play it safe
Others are born to live it wild. — Nikki Rowe

No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet. — Katherine Anne Porter

But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive displays are made. — John Muir

For example, I noticed that every single kid in the high school in 'The Death-Ray' is based on somebody I went to high school with. — Daniel Clowes

If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger? — Susan Orlean

Ultimately, it's possible that social media platforms will be designed as templates that the users themselves customize in terms of the best way to express their community and experience of life, and brands will have to simply follow suit. — Simon Mainwaring

If you stumble, rise up, go on. — Boyd K. Packer

Buffoons may have serious faces behind their mask! — Nelson Jack

Deprived of the opportunity to judge one another by the cars we drive, New Yorkers, thrown together daily on mass transit, form silent opinions based on our choices of subway reading. Just by glimpsing the cover staring back at us, we can reach the pinnacle of carnal desire or the depths of hatred. Soul mate or mortal enemy. — David Rakoff

A thread from everyone, and the naked will have a shirt." There is no beggar but has his thread of cotton, and he will not grudge it to a naked man - no, nor even to a fully dressed one; but will bestow it on the first comer. The poor, who want to forget their poverty, are very ready with their threads. Moreover, they prefer to give them to the rich, rather than to a fellow-tramp. To load the rich with benefits, must not one be very rich indeed? That is why fame is so easily got. — Lev Shestov

You're right. So right. My heart is a god among mere mortals. A queen among peons. A rock star among the masses. There's nothing to worry about. Everything will be okay. — Nicole Williams

I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.' — Jed S. Rakoff

I think everybody faces challenges in their lives. I've definitely been through it - not to the extreme that Astrid did. I try to keep some kind of identity and strength. — Alison Lohman

Death and suffering can't matter nearly as much as I think they do. Since they are so common, my taking them so seriously must mean that I am insane. I must try to be saner. Which — Kurt Vonnegut

You think Ivy's a planner? She has nothing on a motivated elf with too much money. — Kim Harrison

I let her through. She checked Derek's pulse and his breathing, saying both seemed okay, then leaned down to his face.
"Nothing weird on his breath. Smells ... like toothpaste."
Derek's eyes opened, and the first thing he saw was Tori's face inches from his. He jumped and let out an oath. Simon cracked up. I madly motioned for him to be quiet.
"Are you okay?" I asked Derek.
"He is now," Simon said. "After Tori jump-started his heart. — Kelley Armstrong