Grounds Quotes

360 quotes by 316 authors

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race. — James Earl Jones
I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit… — Quincy Jones
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. — Carl Jung
Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare. — Charles Krauthammer
Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media. — George Lucas
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which… — Edward R. Murrow
Medicine grounds me, it centers me, that's why I continue to do it. — Mehmet Oz
I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance… — Nancy Reagan
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. — Bertrand Russell
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. — Jean Rostand
When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the… — Bertrand Russell
Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact,… — Allan Sherman
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do… — Sachin Tendulkar
The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West… — Helen Thomas
The hope of eternal life is not to be taken up upon slight grounds. It is a subject to be settled between God and your… — Ellen G. White
All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know… — Frances Wright
Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. — William Butler Yeats
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work… — Julian Baggini

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