Disposition Quotes

376 Disposition quotes by 264 unique authors

I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually… — Esther Dyson
I have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a multitude of words… — Sidney Lanier
For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between… — Maximus the Confessor
He has as yet no perfect love, whose disposition towards men depends on what they are like, loving one and despising another for this or… — Maximus the Confessor
In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason Ã¡ priori… — Charles Lyell
The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as possible the mothers… — Mata Amritanandamayi
But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition,… — Edmund Burke
No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to… — Pope Leo XIII
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were… — Henry Walter Bates
I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed,… — Daniel Gilbert
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and… — John Stuart Mill
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits, organised in some… — Anthony Giddens
The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic… — Susan Cain
The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond… — Thomas Lickona
I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and… — Mark Twain
What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals… — Henry Ward Beecher
Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. — Ambrose Bierce
Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways. — Unknown Author
For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities,… — Robert Southey

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