REHNQUIST by Herman J. Obermayer

Author:Herman J. Obermayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Published: 2009-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

XII.

ALTHOUGH BILL AND I followed different career paths, those paths crisscrossed often. The editor-publisher and the judge were able to find many areas of common interest—because they tried to.

PART THREE

NINE

PERSONALITY QUIRKS

I.

BILL WAS A frugal man. It was one of his most basic character traits. And it was one that was constantly manifesting itself—in his chambers, in restaurants, in shopping malls, at the public library, at his home in Vermont, on the tennis court. His colleagues, clerks, friends and family all joked about it. They usually substituted the words “tight,” “cheap” or “parsimonious” for “frugal.” Occasionally he kidded himself about it.

Bill viewed spending money carefully as a high virtue. Resisting the temptation to be wasteful or self-indulgent was a moral act. Extravagance offended him. Frugality was part of a value system that respected discipline and self-control. Spending money frivolously was like wasting time: he did not like to do either.

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