"The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism."

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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The laws of men are not infallible."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

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"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!"

Kenneth Eade, American Author

Law, Speech, Consequence, Authority

"The law is logical and is based on common sense. The trick was to argue the law in favor of your particular point of view without sounding biased. It was kind of like a magic trick: the best illusionist being the one who can best manipulate the logic to his or her advantage, all the while giving the illusion of impartiality."

Kenneth Eade, American Author

Law, Logic, Manipulation, Persuasion

"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Law, Laws, Universe, Unworthy

"The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Law, Uncertainty, Mind, Surprise

"HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There arefour kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, andpraiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slainwhether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is foradvantage of the lawyers."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Law, Death, Irony, Justice

"An older man who seems to be the leader of the Jesus Tshirt group says that the Bible forbids abortion in its commandment "Thou shall not kill.But being in the Bible Belt, people really know their Bible, and an older woman cites Exodus 21:22"23, a passage that says a man who causes a pregnant woman to miscarry must pay a fine but is not charged with murder, not unless the woman herself dies.Thus the Bible is making clear, that a dependent life is not the same as an independent life."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Law, Life, Bible, Ethics

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"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

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"When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends."

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"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."

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"Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions."

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"Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem."

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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."

"The laws of men are not infallible."

"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."

"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught."

"When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!"

"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

"The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind."

"HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There arefour kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, andpraiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slainwhether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is foradvantage of the lawyers."

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"The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful."

"Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate."

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

"When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends."

"Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him."

"They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies."

"I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."

"Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions."

"Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem."