Grounds Quotes

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On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described… — Fred Hoyle
Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how. The necessary premise is that a person is somehow more than his… — Saul Bellow
To argue that we humans are capable of complex multifarious thought and feeling, whereas the sheep's perception is probably limited by lowly sheepish perceptions, is… — Brigid Brophy
An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we can know there… — Bertrand Russell
I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds are gravely mistaken about the values that make… — William J. Clinton
But planes land and so do I, and suns rise, melting away the grounds cool protection. I am finally free, if only for this moment.… — Andrew McMahon
Jesus made it possible for us to have the peace that passes all understanding-the kind that carries us, stabilizes us, grounds us, and keeps us… — Stormie Omartian
Religions are vague, of course. This means that they are easy to follow -you can interpret their prescriptions as you like. but it also means… — Fareed Zakaria
I can see no justification whatever for the attitude which refuses on purely a priori grounds to accept action at a distance ... Such an… — Percy Williams Bridgman
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success. — Patricia Ireland
Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian girls have no… — George Mikes
That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships-although… — Rodney Stark
The more realistic you are the more you threaten the grounds of your own art. — Saul Bellow
God is not a 'being' removed from creation, ruling it from outside in the manner of a patriarchal ruler; God is the source of being… — Rosemary Radford Ruether
One atom in this universe cannot move without dragging the whole world along with it. There cannot be any progress without the whole world following… — Swami Vivekananda
The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many… — Seneca the Younger
When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world. The wartime posters told us that… — C.S. Lewis
The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether… — Dale Spender
What is poetry? The suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions. — John Ruskin
When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. — John Crowe Ransom

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