David Josiah Brewer Quotes

Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel!

David Josiah Brewer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 20, 1837 - March 28, 1910

Topics

JuryDelightOrdinaryCounselEven

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.

Joely Richardson

MistakesMindGrowBetterLongYou

Most of humanity just wants to live a peaceful life, don't we?

Rob Halford

LifeLiveHumanityPeacefulJust

Our friends on the other side decided early on they didn't want to engage with us in a serious way, a serious way to help those suffering under Obamacare.

Mitch McConnell

SufferingFriendsHelpEarlySerious

If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?

Joy Page

BirthdayOpportunitiesYearYouRise

That title, is one of the things I fought for. A lot of people said 'But it's stupid, and it's the title of a comedy movie, and people won't take it seriously,' and I'm sure there are some people who still don't. But for the most part, people do see that we really have a quality show.

Joss Whedon

QualityPeopleStupidComedySaid

I think the novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. The novel receives streams of science, philosophy, poetry and contains all of these; it's not simply telling a story.

Jose Saramago

SeaSciencePoetrySpaceThinkLike

No woman can be completely happy at any one moment in time. They're always anticipating the next thing to argue or complain about.

Denis Leary

TimeMomentWomanHappyComplain

I didn't really know who Cassius Clay was. I just wanted to show America through a heavyweight championship fight. Ever since my childhood, I'd been fascinated by the way the whole country becomes polarised around this event.

William Klein

ChildhoodFightAmericaCountryKnow

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

Sydney J. Harris

BestPracticeSometimesWayIdea

Year after year, we see a new crop of musicians who do their best to look tough in lipstick and makeup. Maybe it's a cry for help, an admission of their strong feminine side, or the realization that they don't look so good any other way. Whatever the reason, makeup is as rock n' roll as a Marshall stack.

Shawn Amos

GoodBestMakeupToughStrongHelp

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game.

Richard Krajicek

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I believe in playing petanque with a certain kind of panache - even if you're winning, you take a risk.

Morley Safer

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