Dispose Quotes

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In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species… — Samuel Johnson
Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess — Mother Teresa
Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of. — Paul Gauguin
No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st person, not only… — Lysander Spooner
A reply to Olbers' attempt in 1816 to entice him to work on Fermat's Theorem. I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
To the average man, life presents itself, not as material malleable to his hand, but as a series of problems...which he has to solve...And he… — Dorothy L. Sayers
The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with something else. But any object that is infinitely important to… — William James
It is remarkable, but on the whole, perhaps, not to be lamented, that the world is so unkind to a new book. Any distinguished traveler… — Henry David Thoreau
If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of life of those… — Maximus the Confessor
Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of it, one must accumulate more… — Tom Wicker
The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it... Do not misunderstand me, but understand me fully… — Chief Joseph
That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those who… — William Hazlitt
La chose la plus importante a'Â Â toute la vie est le choix du meÂ tier: le hasard en dispose. The most important thing in life… — Blaise Pascal
Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose. — Oliver Cromwell
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as… — Sylvia Earle
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. — P.J. O'Rourke
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument? — William Shakespeare
I think that nothing is so important for freedom as recognizing in the law each individualâ€™s natural right to property, and giving individuals a sense… — Milton Friedman

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