Quotes About The Gavel

#1. Judgment is easy: it is black and white, as brutal as a gavel strike.

Luanne Rice

#2. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell asleep during Obama's speech. She woke up with the other justices drawing a gavel on her face.

Conan O'Brien

#3. If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it and get everyone's attention right away and make their displeasure known, I believe the level of actual violence in the world would just disappear to practically nothing.

Fran Lebowitz

#4. The author describes Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn as seldom at ease without a gavel in his hand.

Robert A. Caro

#5. Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world - that's how I feel.

Lil' Wayne

#6. The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument ... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Dan Quayle

#7. I loved being a judge, and sometimes I miss the power of the gavel, but this is a lot more fun.

Catherine Crier

#8. Judges in Texas swing the gavel with one hand and take money with the other.

Craig McDonald

#9. It's time to give the gavel back to God, we were never meant to be judges.

Evinda Lepins

#10. If I swung the gavel the way I swung that golf club, the nation would be in a helluva mess.

Tip O'Neill

#11. From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.

Brian Lamb

#12. John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody's compensating for his small government.

Stephen Colbert