Potencial Quotes & Sayings

The poor wretches have convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, by worshipping that crucified sophist and living under his laws ... they receive these doctrines by tradition, without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan or trickster comes among them, he quickly acquires wealth by imposing upon these simple people. — Lucian

In Ake v. Oklahoma, the Court said: When a State brings its judicial power to bear on an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, it must take steps to assure that the defendant has a fair opportunity to present his defense ... . Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake. — John Grisham

At home in bed that first night I had patchy, mundane dreams about normal things. It would be nobler and less uncomfortable to write that I tossed sleeplessly. — Darin Strauss

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. — Helen Rowland

Peace is a dreamland.
Peace is in my imagination.
Peace is in my heart.
Peace is in my mind
forming a singing band.
Peace is my best friend
always holding my hand.
Peace is the only battle
I am fighting for with the power of my love. — Debasish Mridha

I'm a jerk, that's who I am. I'm like everybody else. — Larry David

Co-operating critics comb the studios like big-league scouts, prepared to spot the art of the future and to take lead in establishing reputations. Art historians stand by ready with cameras and notebooks to make sure every novel detail is safe for the record. The tradition of the new has reduced all other traditions to triviality ... — Harold Rosenberg

He was silent. She hoped she'd injured his feelings - assuming he had feelings to injure in the first place. — Sherry Thomas

You love me
and love me not
your love is an arm of clock
joining hands with mine
only to leave me again — Lori Jenessa Nelson

I sat on that crowded bus, I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasn't going to change unless I made it change. In that single moment, with that realization, I decided to dedicate a year to trying to be happier. — Gretchen Rubin

The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be. — Wendell Pierce

I kept hoping because she couldn't afford to lose hope. I kept my faith so she wouldn't lose hers. — K. Howard Joslin

Anyone want some of my foot long sub? It's huge! It's nearly half as long as my penis. — Jarod Kintz