That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything…

“Many decisions are based on beliefs concerning the likelihood of uncertain events such as the outcome of an election, the guilt of a defendant,…

— Daniel Kahneman

In the past we have always assumed that the external world around us has represented reality, however confusing or uncertain, and that the inner…

— J. G. Ballard

Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought…

— Aristotle

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

— Sophocles

I'm a very circumspect and prudent person, and I eliminate danger as far as it can be done.

— Werner Herzog

I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'

— Irene Rosenfeld

The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts you and…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

When we speak about trespassing, we speak about artistic trespassing. You have to be prudent and have common sense and a sense of responsibility…

— Werner Herzog

A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and inexplicable threaten…

— Susan Hill

A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably.

— Thomas Campion

In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches of medicine,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the…

— Pope Pius XI

Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

— John F. Kennedy

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

— Henry Ward Beecher

No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed…

— Lord Chesterfield