Premise Quotes

167 Premise quotes by 155 unique authors

The Humbling is not vintage Roth, despite its compelling premise. The bizarre series of episodes -- mostly sexual encounters with women -- which make up… — Philip Hensher
The fundamental premise of liberalism is the moral incapacity of the American people. — Alan Keyes
Looking at the doctrine of Darwinism, which undergirded my atheism for so many years, it didn’t take me long to conclude that it was simply… — Lee Strobel
For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major premise must be the general… — Cesare Beccaria
God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible. — Leo Strauss
A real woman understands that man was created to be the initiator, and she operates on that premise. This is primarily a matter of attitude.… — Elisabeth Elliot
Public education for some time has been heavily focused on what curricula we believe will be helpful to students. Life-Enriching Education is based on the… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another. — Ayn Rand
The Shambhala teachings are founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems. This wisdom does… — Chogyam Trungpa
That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket… — Ed Markey
American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict....We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at another level, the… — Muriel Rukeyser
I never thought of my work in terms of being radical, although I tried to make it radical- that is, to shift the premise of… — Nancy Spero
You have to start with the basic premise that you need to know what your competition is doing. — Guy Kawasaki
While an ethic of justice proceeds from the premise of equality—that everyone should be treated the same—an ethic of care rests on the premise of… — Carol Gilligan
The media's job is to question a premise. — Joey Skaggs
Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that were most effective… — Oren Peli
Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself. — Walter Lang
My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others who… — A.M. Homes
There is no such thing as truth. The only thing that is actually there is your 'logically' ascertained premise, which you call truth. — U.G. Krishnamurti
I start off with the obvious, that it makes no sense either to believe or to disbelieve in God until a substantial and intelligent definition… — Kenny Smith
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists,… — Molly Ivins
Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for… — Jeff Bezos
Our premise is that inclusion leads to growth. So for those who are locked out, they lose development, and those who are in power lose… — Jesse Jackson
How is AIDS research to progress when the premise of science is questioning but the premise of questioning HIV is considered so dangerous that even… — Nate Mendel
I believe the time has come to acknowledge that the practice of routine circumcision rests on the absurd premise that the only mammal in creation… — Thomas Szasz

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