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Proceedings at law are sufficiently expensive. -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
I didn't attend any of the court proceedings. -- Norma McCorvey
The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life. -- Gloria Swanson
No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected. -- Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion. -- Gene Tunney
I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion. -- Berkeley Breathed
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. -- John F. Kennedy
A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices. -- Vincent Bugliosi
To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods. -- Frank B. Kellogg
The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in the States, have been cited. It has been said that those petitions were not received. -- Caleb Cushing
If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. -- Chauncey Wright
I make a prediction here and now, and, my friends, I want you to watch the proceedings of Congress in these coming weeks of this extra session, or of the next regular session, to see whether I am right or not. -- Richard Parks Bland
Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime. -- Ben Bernanke
It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach. -- Pratibha Patil
America is the only major country that tries to ascertain who was the first applicant to invent the product or procedure. This may seem fair, but long proceedings to determine precisely when each party conceived an idea result mostly in keeping innovations from hitting the market. -- Robert Pozen
Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media). -- Simon Mainwaring
I made a movie when I was 15 years old with all my friends. This is when IMDb was a little more lax with its proceedings, so it's listed as one of my projects. I was 15 years old; it's a terrible movie. I wrote 50 percent of it because I wanted to kiss this one girl, and I wrote a kissing scene for it. -- Lin-Manuel Miranda
You should be prepared for anything during divorce proceedings - even the truth. -- Dave Barry
People lie all the time in their divorce proceedings, especially when custody is an issue. -- Megyn Kelly
at a certain moment in social proceedings, I am on FIRE to leave: I have a leaving-FIT. -- Gwendolyn Brooks
A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings. -- Anton Chekhov
From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger. -- Andrew Jackson
There are times when salmon play no part in the proceedings of a day that is obstensibly spent in their pursuit. -- Dale Rex Coman
I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War. -- Elbridge Gerry
How can you put on a meaningful drama when, every fifteen minutes, proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? -- Rod Serling
Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened. -- Gretchen Carlson
Lord Kane, the king acknowledgedBefore the proceedings begin, we must say how thrilled we were to meet your PMS.Uh...My what? Your personal male secretary. -- Gena Showalter
Lord Kane," the king acknowledged. "Before the proceedings begin, we must say how thrilled we were to meet your PMS." Uh..."My what?" "Your personal male secretary. -- Gena Showalter
The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country. -- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
Whoso desireth to govern well and securely, it behoveth him to have a vigilant eye to the proceedings of great princes, and to consider seriously of their designs. -- Walter Raleigh
Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention. -- Angela Merkel
The last thing it [government] ought to do is to ground its proceedings on the ignorance of the people, - to yield them that which they will hereafter despise the donors for granting them. -- Harriet Martineau

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