Raymond Chandler Quotes

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

Raymond Chandler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959

Topics

JusticeLawYouLuckyRightUp

I grew up in Kentucky, but I did not grow up like that. I had heat, and I didn't have to shoot my dinner or anything.

Jennifer Lawrence

DinnerGrowGrow UpHeatAnything

Jail was terrible. It was a nightmare.

Meek Mill

JailTerribleNightmare

As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there.

Mehmet Oz

GodHeartMedicalPeopleGraceYou

I have a voice: I want to share my beliefs about how the conservative movement and the Republican party can regain its footing, because we've lost our way.

Jeb Bush

VoicePartyLostWantWayMovement

It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as human beings both as performers and audience members.

Meredith Monk

TogetherBeginningHumanRightUs

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

Sidney Altman

ScienceHypothesisGeneralSpecific

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Livy

EndWillIn The EndIntentBetray

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

PowerCalmnessCradle

I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound.

Jorja Smith

I CanKnowSoundSingLikeHow

I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny.

SZA

LovePeopleMeThinkBackMatter

Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don't do anything serious to help reduce poverty around the world and help save the lives of children or adults who are likely to die if we don't increase the amount of aid we are giving.

Peter Singer

LifeGoodChildrenWorldBelieve

I like people who can see what other people can't yet imagine.

Sean Patrick Maloney

PeopleSeeImagineWhoLikeOther

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