Petitti Quotes & Sayings

There is no basis in text, tradition, or even in contemporary practice (if that were enough), for finding in the Constitution a right to demand judicial consideration of newly discovered evidence of innocence brought forward after conviction. My concern is that in making life easier for ourselves we not appear to make it harder for the lower federal courts, imposing upon them the burden of regularly analyzing newly-discovered-evidence-of-innocence claims in capital cases (in which event such federal claims, it can confidently be predicted, will become routine and even repetitive). — Antonin Scalia

You'll never appreciate something you're given as much as something you've earned. — Laurel Ulen Curtis

Do not create opportunities for beasts and evils to take charge of your life. — Sean F. Hogan

Education is about finding out what form of work for you is close to being play - work you do so easily that it restores you as you go. — Mark Edmundson

I had an upbringing in which I was allowed to be free and use my mind. My parents only helped me to be myself.It was only in my teenage years that I met people who made me start having doubts about who I was. They said you shouldn't be confident, you shouldn't be strong. It is only when you meet those other people that you lose confidence. — Juliette Lewis

Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts. — Michael Pollan

I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising. — Leo Burnett

I think golf is literally an addiction. I'm surprised there's not Golf Anonymous. — Larry David

It turned out that, like Satan, cancer had many names. — Khaled Hosseini

The hues of bliss more brightly glow,
Chastis'd by sabler tints of woe. — Thomas Gray

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. — Amy Alcott

I have always loved solitude, a trait which tends to increase with age. — Albert Einstein

Every role is the best role you've ever got. It's the only role you have. — Billy Magnussen

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going. — David Starr Jordan