Michael Kirby Quotes

#1. If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.

John Sununu

#2. Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum ... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.

Kelly Wearstler

#3. I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape ... then we have our experts on the topic ... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

Oprah Winfrey

#4. Whatever you can think of, do it now. Because you'll never be this young again.

Robyn Roze

#5. I think it is in the interest of the people of [Serbia] that no one, not even the government, can get away with the crime, whoever the victim.

Michael Kirby

#6. The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#7. If I'm a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste.

Grace Metalious

#8. Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

Mignon McLaughlin

#9. The protection of our liberties does not ultimately depend on parliaments or even the courts. It depends on the love of the people for liberty.

Michael Kirby

#10. A computer is a machine for constructing mappings from input to output.

Michael Kirby

#11. I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word, love. But that's a good thing. In life, never be predictable. It's so uncool.

Michael Kirby

#12. Rumor is not always wrong

Tacitus

#13. One of my responsibilities is to make sure that justice is done for our citizens ... I want this case to be completed. Until that happens, it will continue to burden our relationship.

Michael Kirby

#14. Didn't know where I was going. Didn't care where I ended up. I knew I'd be okay though.

Darnell Lamont Walker

#15. You don't respect my religion. I don't respect your outfit.

Scott Disick

#16. I am the result of a loving upbringing in a peaceful country, with wonderful parents and siblings, a very long-term relationship, stability, support - but a feeling that life isn't always just and that there is injustice for people and we should do something about it.

Michael Kirby

#17. I am more lost in wonder than ever.

John Huston

#18. Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger

Michael Kirby

#19. The murderers of the three Bytyqi brothers, New York residents who were executed by Serbian Ministry of Interior personnel in 1999, have never been prosecuted. The U.S. government cannot accept that the murderers of three of its citizens go unpunished.

Michael Kirby

#20. It is often said that the best leaders are those who serve.

Michael Kirby