Arlen Specter Quotes

The unchanging character of law is the only basis on which continuous action can rest. Without it man would be but as the traveler over endless morasses; the builder on quicksands; the mariner without compass or rudder, driven successively whithersoever changing winds may blow

The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past.

I will not serve lunch to anyone in the middle of a workday. I rarely rearrange my furniture or cabinets; once I find a drawer for something, it stays there. I don't garden. And I don't knit.

I stick to what got me here and what I know best. That's the same routine. I'm not going to vary it.

I'm a simple man; I like to stick to what I know.

I've always lived in the same way.

A reactionary is fixed on the past and wanting to return to it; a conservative wishes to adapt what is best in the past to the changing circumstances of the present.

I like it when things are where they're supposed to be.

I always liked situations where there were very clear rules of what to do.

I believe in routine.

I like stability.

I just want to play week in, week out.

My game is characterised by consistency.

I'm someone who likes routine.

At the end of the day, it is hockey. It's the same game, the rules don't change. It's the same hockey game I've been playing since I was 2 years old. I think you can kind of rely on that.

Consistency is a beautiful word.

For many there is a degree of constancy in our culture; London won't let you down.

It's about consistency.

Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business.

Whatever your partisan affiliation, it is worth considering the overarching constitutional principles involved in any given Supreme Court precedent.

I find great joy in tradition, and, in fact, I seek it.

I'm creature of habit.

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world.

Life should be all about change. But some things shouldn't change. And my three-piece suits are one of those things.

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common society, is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion.