Arbiter Quotes

I don't care what the law is, tell me who the judge is.

The penalty shall be capital punishment for a judge or arbiter legally appointed who has been found guilty of receiving a bribe for giving a decision

Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.

I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity of the game.

The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally and more plausibly, the serious economic and social dangers inherent in disarmament, but the simple fact that no substitute for this final arbiter in international affairs has yet appeared on the political scene.

I must admit, I was born to officiate; I was made to officiate. I miss it. I knew why I was doing it. God made me to umpire.

Bishops are like umpires. You have to have them to call the close decisions.

Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs.

Rush Limbaugh is not the arbiter of what's good taste or what American opinions or morals should be.

Time, the ultimate arbiter of what is of value in life.

The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union.

I for one don't need a supreme "sacred" arbiter in order to be a moral being.

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.

History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys.

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

The decision as to what's funny and what is not funny shall rest solely with Mr. Freberg.