Court Quotes - Page 3

History is no criminal court

The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.

If I'm on the court, I have to do what I do best and that's try to go hard to the basket.

If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must please in order to be preferred to him, and if you don't you must still please-in order to avoid having one.

There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

The Supreme Court of the United States is an institution damned by God Almighty.

No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court.

You've got to have fun on the court. If you ain't having fun, then basketball ain't fun.

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.

When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

See how the skilful lover spreads his toils.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

Karate begins and ends with courtesy.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.