“I am willing to put the case into any shape you choose.”

—  Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

Richmond v. Heapy and another (1816), 1 Starkie, 204.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I am willing to put the case into any shape you choose." by Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough?
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough photo
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough 21
Lord Chief Justice of England 1750–1818

Related quotes

“The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash,”

Nils Bohlin (1920–2002) Swedish inventor

Source: Deathwatch mailarchive http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html

“I am are the two most powerful words in the Universe, because whatever you put after them shapes your reality.”

Ralph Smart

Source: yt

George Orwell photo

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

W. Clement Stone photo

“Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.”

W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author

As quoted in How to Be the Employee Your Company Can't Live Without : 18 Ways to Become Indispensable (2006) by Glenn Shepard

Vladislav Doronin photo

“In any case, I am usually in bed by midnight.”

Vladislav Doronin (1962) European businessman

Interview with FT.com https://howtospendit.ft.com/travel/202189-vladislav-doronin-s-perfect-weekend-in-miami

Miranda July photo

“People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.”

Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You

Will Rogers photo

“I not only "don't choose to run" but I don't even want to leave a loophole in case I am drafted, so I won't "choose". I will say "won't run" no matter how bad the country will need a comedian by that time.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

Daily Telegram #1538, The First Good News of the 1928 Campaign! Mr. Rogers Says He Will Not Run For Anything (28 June 1931)
Daily telegrams

Rick Warren photo

“Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash, but regular people in cars don't want to be uncomfortable even for a minute.”

Nils Bohlin (1920–2002) Swedish inventor

Deathwatch mailarchive http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html

Robert M. Pirsig photo

“Steel can be any shape you want if you are skilled enough, and any shape but the one you want if you are not.”

Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 8
Context: I've noticed that people who have never worked with steel have trouble seeing this—that the motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon. They associate metal with given shapes—pipes, rods, girders, tools, parts—all of them fixed and inviolable, and think of it as primarily physical. But a person who does machining or foundry work or forge work or welding sees "steel" as having no shape at all. Steel can be any shape you want if you are skilled enough, and any shape but the one you want if you are not.

Related topics