Prudentissimus Quotes & Sayings

[In art] you are telling the reader or the listener or the viewer something he already knows but which he doesn't quite know that he knows, so that in the action of communication he experiences a recognition, a feeling that he has been there before, a shock of recognition. — Walker Percy

Some persons never attain to the happy art of perspicuous expression, and it is equally true that some persons, thro' a mental defect of their own, will judge the most correct and certain language of others to be indefinite and ambiguous. — Oliver Ellsworth

This program has been successful in detecting and preventing attacks inside the United States. — Michael Hayden

I like the classics! — Greg Kinnear

Be careful with whom you associate. Loser's rub off! — Donald Trump

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. — Douglas Coupland

Could you ever completely give up on someone that you loved? From her painful experience with Travis, Lily didn't think so.. — Bella Andre

No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances. — Mahatma Gandhi

Rule number one about your mate: he is completely wrong until you decide he is not. — Quinn Loftis

My prayers are just an outpouring of gratitude for the assurance of that most completely desired Will of God, which will seem all the more desirable in all that is ahead. — Rose Philippine Duchesne

The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet, this ancient concept, which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system, is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.' — Bob Barr

When the body is still healthy and diseaseless, When old age has not yet attacked it — Swami Vivekananda

My father was Bolivian, which makes me half-Bolivian. It's where I got some of my exotic features and certainly my skin tone. — Raquel Welch

Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter. — Desmond Tutu

She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity. — Alice Sebold