Disposed Quotes

164 Disposed quotes by 121 unique authors

A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their… — Jonathan Edwards
There are people who, on meeting a successful rival, no matter in what, are at once disposed to turn their backs on everything good in… — Leo Tolstoy
Trying to use words, and every attempt Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure Because one has only learnt to get… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded… — Neil Gaiman
Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of? — Brandon Sanderson
There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of… — Anne Bronte
Advertising tends to be most effective in jogging finally into action those people who are well-enough disposed towards a product, but have not yet got… — Stephen King
Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of. — H. L. Mencken
Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing. — Aristotle
[Those] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make… — Claude Bernard
Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents. I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and other… — Charles Goodyear
Were I disposed to consider the comparative merit of each of them [facts or theories in medical practice], I should derive most of the evils… — Benjamin Rush
A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned ... if only… — R. H. Tawney
Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know? — Tablo
Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power… — Richard Jefferies
Just as an athlete with natural gifts may fail to develop the fundamental skills necessary to play their sport after their talent fades, so people… — Stanley Hauerwas
Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as… — Aristotle
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always… — Plato
The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States. — Unknown Author
Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that. — Harry Oppenheimer
Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might… — Henry Cabot Lodge
I am disposed to be thus particular from the interest you take in our welfare and from the entire confidence I have in your knowing,… — John Hawley
The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation. — James Monroe

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