Innocence Quotes

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

All we can do is keep going up against then as long as Ray is alive because when he dies it will not be possible to establish the truth of his innocence in a court of law.

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

Over the years Woodstock got glorified and romanticised and became the event that symbolised Utopia. It's the last page of our collective memory of the age of innocence. Then things turned ugly and would never be the same again.

In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods.

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.

I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.