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hassn1020657: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

realankurchawla: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes

Suelimen_: "The prophecies of what the Court will do in fact, and nothing more pretentious, are what I mean by the law." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jnr. ~ It makes more sense now as I remember the days of Jurisprudence! We simply watch while we wait.

harry_ramsay: There's a beautiful quote I've loved for a long time, supposedly attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, which goes something like: "I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity."

MeowImageBot: What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

SamparkSachdeva: "Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up." – Oliver Wendell Holmes

JoshuaRHall3: There are detractors to this approach. In 1891, Oliver Wendell Holmes went out of his way to complain about liability that attaches to parties besides those who "actually" cause the injury. He wrote in Dempsey v. Chambers, 28 N.E. 279, 280 (Mass. 1891): 16/?

W_TripSolution: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

almjd9mjd: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

McAleMoosen: One popular lay definition of freedom is often attributed to one of our most quote-worthy U.S. Supreme Court justices of all time, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., which described freedom as “your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.”

newmommyguru: “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

rollerturtle96: “All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

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SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

kevblue777: ''I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.'' OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

kimah: "May I offer now a concluding perspective from Oliver Wendell Holmes who described our three-level process this way, "I couldn't give a fig for the simplicity of this side of complexity but would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." /4

chad_ashby: "All our phrasings are spiritualized shadows cast multitudinously from our readings; no happy phrase of ours is ever quite original with us . . .” —Mark Twain (quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)

CerebralWisdom: The power of tax is not the power to destroy while this court sits... - Oliver Wendell Holmes

iudaismus: "Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. or Sr.? "The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions." Ralph Waldo Emerson. Who said it?

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes When the style is fully formed, if it has a sweet undersong, we call it beautiful, and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

nw3: The Hutchison river parkway is named after a woman that got kicked out Boston in 1638. Her descendants: FDR, Bush Sr, Bush Jr (obvi), Mitt Romney, Stephen Douglas, Oliver Wendell Holmes. As they say, well behaved women don’t make history.

Layessi08: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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WaterWired: “A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.” - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (quoted by the Supreme Court in its decision in U.S. v. Republic Steel, 1960)

animated_carbon: A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them. —Oliver Wendell Holmes

chinweee7: "The greatest act of faith is when man decides he is not God." —Oliver Wendell Holmes

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abeereys: "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Philip_D_Conrad: Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

hopopotu: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

TomTilmes: Thought for the day - "Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up." – Oliver Wendell Holmes

mneuber57: "The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

CerebralWisdom: If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought- not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

vip88d: 15.“All limitations are self-imposed.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

TisMoreorLess: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

elham_saeidi: "Prophesy as much as you like, but always hedge. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1861”

SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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KippTum: Dear Azimionites, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, one of the most revered U.S. Supreme Court justices once held that," Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins." [Sic]

amshutani: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Fajri_W_: A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes

W_TripSolution: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Lebeoana_k: “Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

LifeCoachMary: The noblest service comes from nameless hands. And the best servant does his work unseen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

Griseld99936779: “Fresh air and innocence are good if you don’t take too much of them – but I always remember that most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

sarahboltonfunk: “All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

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MeowImageBot: The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

alijahmendez14: “All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

bryleetorres7: “All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

CerebralWisdom: The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

samicuscuriae: in a previous life, a big part of the inspiration to apply to law school was reading decisions penned by oliver wendell holmes. reading his dissent on abrams still gives me goosebumps; a real sense of force comes through his words.

iamgregbach: Steph Curry is worth $160 million...he'll be just fine. "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" - Oliver Wendell Holmes

HourlyQuotesBot: What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

contentmo: Writers Inspirational Quotes When the style is fully formed, if it has a sweet undersong, we call it beautiful, and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Philip_D_Conrad: Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

W_TripSolution: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

sarahboltonfunk: “All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

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BankableInsight: The power of tax is not the power to destroy while this court sits... - Oliver Wendell Holmes

CerebralWisdom: The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

hassn1020657: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

ZuskMorra: Man's mind, stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

thinkertweet: Quote for Mar. 25th, 2023: "The greatest act of faith is when man decides he is not God." —Oliver Wendell Holmes --- Ⓒ 1996-2023 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent.

ortizleadership: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Physician and Writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes When the style is fully formed, if it has a sweet undersong, we call it beautiful, and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

CerebralWisdom: The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

W_TripSolution: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

idrisdurgun128: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

dublj32: "The greatest act of faith is when man decides he is not God." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

aklingus: “I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “Keep those poor people out of our neighborhoods” - Wardell Stephen Curry

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alanigolanski: HLA Hart said in 1958 that, however he's viewed in America, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. would always remain a heroic figure in England, first for his imaginative power, lacking in English legal thinking, and second for his clarity, usually possessed by the English lawyer.

maggiehendricks: "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes "Taxes suck!" A self-centered and immature person:

asimkemal31: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

salman123451771: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

prairiecentrist: Imagine wanting to run a G7 government and having such a rudimentary view. “I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me.” -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

Philip_D_Conrad: Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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gabepapaloni: But many people do recognize, as Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes’s famous saying goes, that “taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.”

W_TripSolution: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

NewYorkTweetzz: A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

samuelwr33: All limitations are self-imposed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

HourlyQuotesBot: We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

ProfessorSome: Got to love it when a class comes together better than it has any business coming together. Just taught Oliver Wendell Holmes' Abrams dissent and somehow it was the most enjoyable class meeting of the year.

MassTweetz: A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

kpemmuueki: This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice- Oliver Wendell Holmes. Not all courts will do justice.

Bizprofitpro: Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

nickhowardpoker: Welcome to the simplicity on the other side of complexity. “For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, I would give you anything I have.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes

aimee_maree: The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

wisdom2inspireu: A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

SocioTrip: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

DrBea: It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

W_TripSolution: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

bold__man: “When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the World, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it come off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away timid adventurers.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes

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