I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

Fairness is what justice really is.

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual.

My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.

Research we've done seems to indicate that people who are on the Net like the idea that they don't have to leave what they are reading to go buy something.

The one thing that makes 'Torchwood' work so brilliantly and makes it a little bit above the rest of all other sci-fi dramas out there is that we have a sense of humour.

Why are you still here?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be in a cave somewhere inspiring people?

There cannot be a greater mistake than that of looking superciliously upon practical applications of science. The life and soul of science is its practical application.

People really do want simpler, cleaner food, but this isn't about marketing, it's about delivering.

I always look at myself knowing that I will have a certain degree of cognitive distortion.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.