Arbitrary And Capricious Quotes

#1. Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

George Ryan

#2. Insecurity must follow the transfer of responsibility from self to others, particularly when transferred to arbitrary and capricious government. Genuine security is a matter of self-responsibility, based on the right to the fruits of one's own labor and freedom to trade.

Leonard Read

#3. Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life.

M. J. Hyland

#4. " ... arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable."

Luther L. Bohanon

#5. My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese.

Jay London

#6. From my perspective, it appears that a great thrust of research on health and longevity is pointing towards improving our immune system - that within an empowered immune system are the health solutions and longevity answers we're looking for.

David Wolfe

#7. Hammer your thoughts into unity.

William Butler Yeats

#8. The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Willa Cather

#9. I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not want them challenged.

George R R Martin

#10. Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer.

Fred Brooks

#11. Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard.

William Hurt

#12. Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO.

Aleksander Kwasniewski

#13. Dom Paulo had not expected to convince him. But it was with a heavy heart that the abbot noticed the plodding patience with which the thon heard him through; it was the patience of a man listening to an argument which he had long ago refuted to his own satisfaction.

Walter M. Miller Jr.

#14. When you lead people through difficult change, you take them on an emotional roller coaster because you are asking them to relinquish something - a belief, a value, a behavior - that they hold dear. People can stand only so much change at any one time.

Ronald A. Heifetz

#15. Smile wide to receive many smiles in return. But if you want a good laugh, smirk like a wicked, little imp and watch the range of expressions you're flashed.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#16. I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager ...

Larry Wall