"Rules of law are rarely as clean and strict as statements of them make them seem. So varied and unpredictable are the circumstances in which they are applied that more often than not the summary statement of a rule--the terse formula that judges employ as a necessary shorthand to prevent judicial opinions from turning into treatises--is better regarded as a generalization than as the premise of a syllogism." - Judge Posner, Peaceable Planet, Inc. v. Ty, Inc. (7th Cir. 2004).
"I want to be with you for the rest of my life and for eternity. Will you marry me?" - Spencer (Sept. 23, 2009)
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't communicate how I was going to make that merge." - Spencer (laced with sarcasm)
Spencer--"I can just use the "cave time" excuse whenever I want. Carly--"No you can't, I'll see through it." Spencer--"That's true. Maybe I need to get a dumber girlfriend."
"I hope you now see shades of gray in issues you once thought were black and white." - Prof. Colby's final thoughts to our Con Law II class.
"Whatever, that's stupid...you ARE as cute as me." - SarahJane :)
"That's a cute argument...but..." - Prof. Colby
"Back to putting the 'stud' in studying..." - Randy
"The Thirteenth Amendment be repealed because people should be allowed to sell themselves in to slavery." - Prof. Schecter
"Those 20th Century institutions--then known as "investment banks." - Prof. Abramowicz
"Sounds like this guy may be a little bit of a fraudster..." - Prof. Abramowicz
"Torts was a first year course...so you are estopped from asking us about it." - Prof. Saltzburg
"Mr. Smith...you cut all your hair off. You're a corporate tool now..." - Prof. Carter
"If anyone finds out that the Mets made any major trades...feel free to yell that out during class." - Prof. Abramowicz
"If law school has beaten out of you all opinion...talk to your non-law school friends who are still pissed off about everything." - Prof. Schecter