Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's surprising that they took 17 pages to respond to our two-paragraph request for a stay from the trial court. These requests are normally pro-forma. The real request for a stay is filed at the appeals court level.

In essence, the D.C. District Court of Appeals said the rights of terminally ill cancer patients must be protected and not dismissed lightly -- and we completely agree.

In too many cases, appeals panels are erratic and their judgements are based wholly on the circumstances of the individual child, without giving enough thought to other pupils and teachers in the school,

Janet Reno

In accordance with the Court of Appeals ruling we will take every step necessary to ensure that Elian does not leave the country while the Court of Appeals injunction is place,

I had expected there to be some more hearings. I would have expected him to entertain witnesses, but not engage in the full-fledged discovery that Microsoft wanted. That would have given them a little victory, and to the extent where if the court of appeals disagrees with him, it would be on the merits, not the process.

Gay panic' is insidious. It is corrupt because it appeals to a public that is used to discarding and disregarding gay lives.

I have requested that immunity be lifted and I am sending the details to Santiago's Court of Appeals and simultaneously I'm asking for the medical records,

Reese Witherspoon

I really like the idea that Mark appeals to so many people because he just is who he is. He's not posturing or trying to look pretty or have great hair. He's just a real man and he's funny. There's a lot of actors nowadays, American actors that don't think funny is cool, so it's nice to see someone of his caliber doing comedy.

John Oliver

Higgins is pompous, a braggart, egocentric. He makes a clear statement at the beginning that he stands alone, he's independent, he doesn't need anybody. What he doesn't count on is how attached he is going to be to her (Doolittle). That's what appeals to the audience seeing this guy who is a pompous ass really humiliate himself.

The language in this version appeals more to organizations than individual users, especially concerning patents. There is more reference to suing companies that don't respect the license.

Joel Robuchon

Southeast Asia food uses many different types of spices which are quite new to me, like the curry leaves which I saw at the Kreta Ayer wet market in Chinatown. With such spices used in cooking, this usually imparts a strong aroma to Southeast Asian food, which appeals to the senses.

This circus is an icon in the African-American community. Because it is multicultural, all people can come and enjoy the circus. The dress and the music appeals to the audience. We're hip.

(This ad) appeals to the intended audience. That's pretty good. It doesn't always happen.

This is a change from our normal process. Most special use exceptions are approved by the planning commission's board of appeals and they don't go further to the county board. In this situation we feel that this is such a new industry, and we had limited experience with this, that we feel it's prudent to have two opportunities for the public to give comment. And so the county board will give their final approval on this.

Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I will try to find the right writer and director. And that may be someone I've worked with before, or it may not. It may be a woman, or it may not.

Jay Sekulow

The Supreme Court got it right in determining that the appeals court went too far by declaring the parental notification law in New Hampshire unconstitutional. Parents have a critical role to play in the health and well being of their children, especially when considering an abortion.

It's a stretch. She has the name-face recognition but her major appeals are comfort, lightness, a real sense of personality, which are not necessarily the kinds of qualities that translate into evening and breaking news.

Mike Darnell

It's a beloved show for so many people. It's the broadest show I've been involved with. It appeals to everyone from kids to grandparents.

Jonathan Cain

They're bombarded with all kinds of music, yet they chose to hum ours. That's the best nod you can get. The best testimonial to Journey is it appeals to the ages.

Jay Rasulo

The Rose Parade is a wonderful way for us to highlight our ongoing celebration of five decades of Disney theme park magic. Our parks are magical experiences that offer creatively unique entertainment that appeals to families the world over, transcending geographic and cultural barriers to simply speak the international language of fun -- that's pretty magical.

Anne Michaels

It's a fantastic privilege to spend three or four hundred pages with a reader. You have time to go into certain questions that are painful or difficult or complicated. That's one thing that appeals to me very much about the novel form.

It really appeals very strongly to a fan base of 18- to 34-year-olds. When you're looking at a platform like this, you want to appeal to a passionate and loyal audience.

Glenn Tilton

We have to broaden our appeal to more customers than simply high-end customers. We have to understand that, in the aggregate, there are fewer customers out there, so we have to appeal to them all,

John Jackson

You sit up there as judges. Read the ordinance, make your decision. If someone appeals it, let the court have a say.

W. S. Gilbert

I imagine doctors can only recommend (lawn bowling) especially as one ages, for one can play into one's 80s and some into the 90 years. Yet with the strategy and need for good eye-hand coordination it also appeals to young people.

Yann Martel

The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.

The hearing process can take a while and we just couldn't wait that long. We needed to have someone in place, and (Just) was already on staff. But we'll still see how the appeals process plays out regarding Dustin.

Larry Wachtel

The high drama was yesterday, and now it fades into the void as we await the appeals process,

The trial court has already said it's a good-faith mistake. I think the Court of Appeals is not going to get involved in this. I think everybody realizes Harris County got hoodwinked as much as the defense did with Park Dietz's testimony.

This hybrid notion of using the 2002 numbers -- we're going to use appeals and were going to fuss around in between the next reassessment, which we don't know when its going to be -- I just think is not going to withstand judicial scrutiny.

Hilary Rosen

This is a clear victory, ... The court of appeals found that the injunction is not only warranted, but required. And it ruled in our favor on every legal issue presented.

Barney Frank

And it is not our job to be the high court of appeals that overrules what courts do, state courts and federal courts now, in a particular case.

The longer it sits at the Court of Appeals, the less likely the Supreme Court is to take it on an expedited basis. To the extent that the Court of Appeals really starts to get their teeth into this, they could jump on this right away.