Preposterous Quotes

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Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. — Alvin Adams
I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems. — Alec Baldwin
Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion,… — Bob Beauprez
It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation, we yet experience considerable difficulty… — George Julius Poulett Scrope
A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of non pertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow,… — Charles Lamb
Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to… — Edward Abbey
When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous a man who brutalizes people. But you love him or you wouldn't be here. You're going… — Bayard Rustin
All day I have been tossed and whirled in a preposterous happiness; was it an elf in the blood? Or a bird in the brain?… — C.S. Lewis
We have 3,141 counties in this country. That would be 20 per county. The idea that we can't assimilate these 8-year-old criminals with their teddy… — George Will
CM has always stood for one thing: Chicago Made. Chick Magnet? Thatâ€™s preposterous. Girls donâ€™t like me. I was born and raised in Chicago. The… — CM Punk
Critics of NAFTA and CAFTA warned at the time that the agreements were actually a move toward ... an eventual merging of North America into… — Ron Paul
Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the throne of Denmark?… — Edward Abbey
At first glance, the idea that some UFOs may be vehicles from outside the Earth seems utterly preposterous, the baseless result of wishful thinking by… — Don Berliner
And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing… — Ayn Rand
The value of failure is greatly over-rated. It's a preposterous myth. — Peter Thiel
It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy; it… — Beryl Markham
February is a suitable month for dying. Everything around is dead, the trees black and frozen so that the appearance of green shoots two months… — Anna Quindlen
Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of… — Carlo M. Cipolla
We understand that as public figures, we are a target for people who have nothing to lose in their quest for fame and easy money,… — Emilio Estefan
The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that. — Boyd K. Packer

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