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I don't think in Art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one & terrifying & threatening & bursting with hope. — Martha Graham

A heroic person walks at his ease through and out of that custom or precedent or authority that suits him not. — Walt Whitman

Ideas without precedent are generally looked upon with disfavor and men are shocked if their conceptions of an orderly world challenged. — J Harlen Bretz

Mastering the lawless science of our law,- that codeless myriad of precedent, that wilderness of single instances. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

She probably longed to slap my face. They can hit us, there's Scriptural precedent. But not with any implement. Only with their hands. — Margaret Atwood

You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting. — Rainbow Rowell

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings. — Annabelle Selldorf

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent. — Floyd Abrams

Too frightened to set a precedent, but quite happy to pass the buck. — Jeffrey Archer

Every event in this world is the effect of some precedent cause, and also the cause of some subsequent effect. — Horace Mann

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent ... The only Canadian to have ever held it. — Owen Hart

Unchallenged, opinions became respected precedent then exceptionless concepts and sometimes even civil and academically accepted social law. — R. Buckminster Fuller

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. — Will Durant

I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress. — Rand Paul

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life. — Edward Young

I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye. — Annabelle Selldorf

The history of the Holocaust is not over. Its precedent is eternal, and its lessons have not yet been — Timothy Snyder

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time. — Elbert Hubbard

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent. — Glen Cook

I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it. — Tessa Thompson

Don't let the urgent take precedent over the important. — Michael Hyatt

Think carefully, Gideon. I have exes in my past, too. You're setting the precedent now for how I'll handle them. I'm taking my cues from you. — Sylvia Day

A lawsuit with no legal precedent, seeking no damages, from no jury, in the name of stopping something that isn't happening? Only in New York. — Kenneth Langone

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. — Sallust

Come along,' I told the donkey. 'There's a precedent for this.' Manny — Kerry Greenwood

There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did. — Agnes Denes

She was an expert in dealing with situations without precedent. — L.M. Montgomery

One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine. — Junius

Precedents once established are so much positive power. — James Madison

Everything I write has a precedent in truth. — Ian Fleming

It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others. — Tacitus

A more ancient precedent of ransom, that we may not always be tormented by our shame. — Gregory Maguire

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent. — George Washington

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it. — Thomas Jefferson

Is not Precedent indeed a King of men? A Word from the Psalmist. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. — Madame De Stael

In terms of my work with Nike, obviously signing Michael Jordan to a $500,000 contract in 1984 set a new precedent for the business side of the game. — Sonny Vaccaro

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans. — Max Baucus

I would rather create a precedent than find one. — William O. Douglas

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror. — Bill Kristol

Pacifism, not murder, is precedent. To say that war presupposes peace begs the question; it does not explain how violent impulses can be overcome. In — Sarah LaChance Adams

Ultimately, with every film I'd done before, there was a reference. They have their own uniqueness, but there was always a precedent. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. — Clara Barton

Precedent goes in support of justice. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew. — Claude Debussy

As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices. — Greg Walden

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken. — Nate Silver

All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent. — Christo

What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent. — Tacitus

The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent. — Norman Mailer

It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing. — Howard Carter

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history. — Mitt Romney

You're a biological wonder without precedent. — Toni Sorenson

Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority. — Andrew Jackson

Although I know no actual precedent for it, in the case of a particularly powerful Double, such as was given in this romance to Queen — H. Rider Haggard

Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet. — Joichi Ito

No crime has been without a precedent. — Seneca The Younger