Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations.

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely.

In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Warum man schreibt, ist eine Frage die sich der Schriftsteller, völlig versunken in seine Arbeit, nicht stellt. Theorien sind das Gebiet derer, die nicht handeln.

There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.

Surely the Gods did not bring me safe through fire and sea only to kill me with a flux.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star you don't bother with other things.

The key question isn't, 'What fosters creativity?' But it is, 'Why isn't everyone creative?'

Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.

Because humans, in effect, created dogs through domestication, the canine mind reflects back to us how we see ourselves through the eyes, ears, and noses of another species.

All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.

The first book was out and for the first time we were on a book tour. Being the son of an immigrant, I'd never dreamt of being on book tours. Suddenly the attention was huge.