"A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance."

-- Sophocles

#Life Quotes #Men Quotes #Prudent Quotes

“I've been to a lot of school and read a lot of thick books, but at my very core there's a made-for-TV-movie mentality I don't think i will ever shake.”

Source : Pam Houston (1993). “Cowboys are My Weakness: Stories”
“For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it's what helps you survive.”

Source : "Mutha knows best" by Burhan Wazir, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.
“When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.”

Source : Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.141, Vintage
“It's no good protecting people or even looking after them past a certain point. One can't grasp more than a piece of anyone. Most of the rest can only be protected by themselves and the remainder by hired specialists and doctors and dentists and professional protectors.”
“Cinematic and symphonic: this is a compelling story revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a wonderfully impressive debut: tender, muscled and unforgettable.”
“If you know the dark, you find it has a light of its own to let you see.”

Source : Leslie Ford, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Anthony Gilbert (1955). “Murder comes to Eden”
“When you have the feeling that anythingâ€™s possible, sometimes you wind up acting on it.”
“Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are contending with the wind; so faith takes firmer hold when it struggles with adverse appearances.”

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