30 quotes found
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
“Who says life is fair, where is that written?”
“We are all born and someday well all die. Most likely to some degree alone.What if our aloneness isnt a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid? Wha...”
“Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.”
“Justice based purely on laws is about as accurate as a portrait created out of large low-resolution color pixels.If you stand back far enough it looks good.Come any closer and the glaring approxima...”
“ as General Berringer would readily admit, If youre in a fair fight, Ive done something wrong.”
“Some people are given relatively fair lives. But others-they carry the burden of the unfairness of the world.”
“What did I do to make Mommy leave?You didnt do anything. This isnt your fault.Then why? shed wailed.I dont know, her daddy had said, and he looked so sad.It isnt fair!No, it isnt, baby. Not by a mi...”
“Those are just platitudes. Everyone has his own idea of "playing fair." "Does he? Try making up your own idea of what's fair--say, "giving the greatest rewards to the laziest workers"--and see how ...”
“Life isnt fair. It doesnt make sense. This unfairness is felt by everyone, from the Las Vegas tunnel dweller all the way to the executive in the high-rise. To some, these unfair experiences become ...”
“Fairness is a term that is interpreted different ways. For the government, fair is whatever suits their needs.”
“It's almost never the kind of person you are but the kind of job you do decides how much you get paid.”
“The only thing that gets in the way of our plans and objectives is fate. It has its own path for you whether it's fair or unjust.”
“The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?”
“Whats fair and whats true often bear no resemblance to each other.”
“The world is not fair. That's why it needs heroes. Play fair. Be a hero.”
“I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.'”
“I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.”
“If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win”
“Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.”
