Antonin Scalia Quotes

The American people have determined that the good to be derived from capital punishment - in deterrence, and perhaps most of all in the meting out of condign justice for horrible crimes - outweighs the risk of error.

Antonin Scalia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 11, 1936

Topics

GoodJusticePeopleAmericanRisk

Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.

Jennifer Ellison

GodShoesMeDoingNewThree

Candidates don't want to be associated with poor people, people who have jobs or are ugly; they want to be associated with a certain middle class demographic, so as a result they leave those others out completely.

Matt Taibbi

UglyPeopleResultWantClassPoor

As a professional, I cannot afford to be complacent.

Amitabh Bachchan

ProfessionalComplacentCannotAfford

But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work.

Robert Downey, Jr.

WorkFunnyKissThinkYouForget

I need a coffee, I'm a cold coffee guy. That's how I do.

Rob Riggle

CoffeeColdNeedGuyHow

To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying a local entrepreneur.

Masayoshi Son

SuccessRootsChampionSocietyReal

I think I'd make a great superhero. I'm serious. I want to play a superhero, and I've already got one in mind. I think I've still got the body for the costume, and it's something I really want to do.

Dennis Haysbert

GreatMindThinkBodyPlaySerious

Mark Hopkins was one of the truest and best men that ever lived. He had a keen analytical mind; was thoroughly accurate, and took general supervision of the books, contracts, etc. He was strictly the office man, and never bought or sold anything. I always felt when I was in the East that our business in his hands was entirely safe.

Collis Potter Huntington

BusinessBestMenManMindHands

Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At the same time, I'll never quit working in the theater - until I can't memorize two lines back to back.

Brian Dennehy

TimeMeLearnBackQuitNever

I find myself apologising for not being a proper actor. I never intended to be involved in the film industry and still do feel that, with the exception of a couple of brief skirmishes with the film industry.

Tilda Swinton

MyselfFeelFindActorNeverFilm

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

Kirsten Dunst

TeenCareerBringOffBuiltEntire

I write about what hoaxers do, but I also want us to think about what believers do. Why do we want to believe a story like James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces?' Why did we want to believe that Lance Armstrong really did all these things that, looking back, seemed impossible?

Kevin Young

Looking BackImpossibleBelieveThink

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