A Quote by Learned Hand

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.

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Learned Hand
American - Judge
January 27, 1872 - August 18, 1961

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, although their words are by far the most decisive evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.

Learned Hand

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Experts must read the patterns and judge their usefulness as evidence. Under any of numerous pressures, an expert may wish to misread a pattern or even to alter it. Americans had a touching trust in "experts".

Dean Koontz

Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'

P. J. O'Rourke

I can write any kind of novel I want, any time, and sell it, but there's not that many people watching it. Even a low-rated TV show is a couple million more people than read my books. You want to be read, in essence. If you're a television writer, you're a writer and you want people to read your stuff. You're still reaching a bigger audience, that way. That's a philosophical way to look at it.

George Pelecanos

There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the promotion of the unitary executive. That's one factor.

Ted Gup

There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it

Eric Hoffer

Muhammad says, 'Love of one's country is a part of the faith.' But don't take that literally! Your real 'country' is where you're heading, not where you are. Don't misread that hadith.

Rumi

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

Thomas a Kempis

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.

Tom Watson

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.

Lew Wallace

A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

Thomas a Kempis

There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.

Orison Swett Marden

Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.

Josh McDowell

I've been studying sexism for many years, and it's much easier to document the existence of sexism than it is to document the existence of interventions that reduce it. It's really hard to find ways to change the way people see people in different groups. It should be our goal, and we're working for that, but it's hard.

Amy Cuddy

It's difficult for me to imagine any scene differently because I've read the book so many times. The book, as a whole, seems like a document that wouldn't withstand any changes at this point. Or perhaps I simply can't imagine having to revise it again.

Mary J. Miller

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