Grounds Quotes

360 quotes by 316 authors

People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from… — Anthony de Jasay
There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship… — Bob Menendez
After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates -… — Timothy Garton Ash
The grounds of the place were dominated by several large, old willow trees that towered over the surrounding stone wall and swayed soundlessly in the… — Haruki Murakami
From whence it happens, that they which trust to books, do as they that cast up many little sums into a greater, without considering whether… — Thomas Hobbes
But lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism. No one thinks there is good evidence for the proposition that… — Alvin Plantinga
The elimination of horrible disease, the increase of the quality of lives (for humans and for animals) achieved through research using animals is so incalculably… — Carl Cohen
Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the… — Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
Laying out grounds... may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.... it is to assist Nature in moving the… — William Wordsworth
One might almost say, to adapt von Clausewitz, that modern warfare is PR by other means. And war-winning strategies mean that modern armies most stop… — David Frum
No matter the good news anywhere else, these nuke-hungry rogue states will provide grounds for bad-mouthing Bush foreign policy. — Rich Lowry
England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of… — Charles Churchill
So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have… — Peter L. Berger
Joy requires one to be awake, Adjusting the heart's ambience to bright. Some prefer the dark, as is their right, On grounds of agony, and… — Nick Gordon
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others. — Bertolt Brecht
In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our bodies (though control is a prerequisite); we must touch the… — Adrienne Rich
I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they… — John Green
I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who have… — Patricia Briggs
The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of… — Rudolf Arnheim
A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce… — Israel Shenker

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