De Jure Quotes

#1. The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of the backer; or, what is most important of all, the banker of the backer.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#2. The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.

Shirley Chisholm

#3. In 1989 the former drug czar and TV talk-show fool, William Bennett, suggested de jure as well as de facto abolition of habeas corpus in "drug" cases as well as (I am not inventing this) public beheadings of drug dealers.

Gore Vidal

#4. Only thought is capable of inventing the fiction of a State that is universal by right, of elevation the State to the level of de jure universality

Gilles Deleuze

#5. Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.

Peter Kreeft

#6. A company may be the de jure owner, but customers are the de facto owers of the brand.

David Wolfe

#7. If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

Whoopi Goldberg

#8. I suppose and I hope that the young guys who are out there losing their lives at least feel the same way I did. I shouldn't think about this very much because I'm almost weeping when I think about it.

Lawrence Halprin

#9. Let the Hunger Games Begin!

Suzanne Collins

#10. Your hair is ridiculous,' I say. 'And I love you.' I'm surprised how easily the words come out.
'My hair is ridiculous.' Charlie smiles even wider and says, just as easily, 'And I love you too.

Jen Violi

#11. I'm kind of domestic, untidily so.

Tom Paulin

#12. I broke a lot of rules because I didn't know the rules.

Pleasant Rowland

#13. I talk about beepers going off in the middle of a concert and people being late and not apologizing, and people not RSVP-ing, and adult children going back to live with their parents, which we didn't have in the '60s and '70s.

Letitia Baldrige

#14. Faith is one of those words that connotes, however irrationally, some kind of virtue in itself.

Louis J. Halle

#15. One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.

J.A. Konrath

#16. Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.

Michael Crichton

#17. Turner sounded his foghorn three times, the Sailor's Farewell.

Anonymous

#18. Heaven is living in your hopes and Hell is living in your fears. It's up to each individual which one he chooses.

Tom Robbins

#19. When you are in a jackal environment, never give them the power to submit or rebel. We want to teach this to children very early: Never lose track that you are always free to choose. Don't allow institutions to determine what you do.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#20. I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.

Sean Bean