My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use our system of justice to develop some new legal tools and new concepts.
Bill Scott

Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.
Sandra Day O'Connor

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
Novalis

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly.
Jacques Lacan

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
George W. Bush

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself.
T. S. Eliot

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.
Peter Davison

Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.
Robert Runcie

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
Marlon Brando

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
James Dean

To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
Florenz Ziegfeld

Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration.
Richard V. Allen

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Tony Robbins

We know that this man has a proven record of being a 'strict constructionist.' Our President has given us his word that he will interpret the Constitution rather than make new laws from the bench.
Rod Parsley

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.
Alfred Adler

We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.
Kenneth Burke

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.
David Guterson