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That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent.

To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.

If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you.

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.

Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status.

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?

I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years.

When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else, in the wrong context in their own article about you.

Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place.

So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.

You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.