Mills Lane Quotes

I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.

A dog doesn't want very much and is happy with that. A cat doesn't know what he wants and wants more of it.

The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit.

I was born at night, but not last night.

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.

I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.

I have great faith in the jury system.

Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.

It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and you're not extravagant. But in television, if a show goes, you make a substantial amount of money. So, economically it just didn't make sense for me not to.

Well, I - all cases to me have interest. Every case is important to somebody, the people litigating that case. But the most difficult case for me is the case where one person says a, the other person says b, and you just don't know for certain who is not telling you the truth.

I think most folks are good folks.