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Learned Hand Quotes

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: judge
Nationality: american
Birth: January 27, 1872 - August 18, 1961

Topics

Life Past Data Down Run Flow

Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slightly clammy, beatifically smiley dullards with barely a personality between them.

Personality Always Comedians Been

Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether you believe in God or not, something happens, and it's transformative.

Forgiveness God Grace Believe You

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Myself Look Agree Even Times

Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate use of force in a territory, might be among the biggest violence reduction techniques ever invented.

Violence Party Said Right Monopoly

If my colleagues stop eating donuts and are more active, it saves me money on next year's insurance premium, and I get to work with people who have more energy and creativity each day. Yet most organizations fail to make health a cultural priority. Instead, they treat healthcare like any other expense.

Work Health Money Day Creativity Me

You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer.

Life My Life You Meant To Be Done

Drag queens have always taken on that role of spilling the tea - and the tea is the emperor has no clothes!

Tea Clothes Always Drag Role Taken

When your economy is subject to the whims of Libya and Nigeria and Venezuela, you have a problem.

Problem You Economy Your Nigeria

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a business person at heart. I like to be in charge.

Business Heart Yourself Government

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Good Evil Blessings Hardships Result

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

Work Love World More Paper Needs

What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play.

Richard Foreman

Day Play New Kind One Day Write

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