Prone Quotes

236 quotes by 209 authors

[W]e are prone to forget that the planet may be measured by man, but not according to man. — Eduard Suess
Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand… — Carl Jung
Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and… — James Monroe
Some days I am not sure if my faith is riddled with doubt, or whether, graciously, my doubt is riddled with faith. And yet I… — Lauren F. Winner
That's what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference. You're not prone… — Ruby Dee
Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat… — John F. Kerry
The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured the… — David Knopfler
Tofu and futons. The adepts of Orientalism seem to spend most of their lives reclining. They can't quite summon the energy to crawl up onto… — Edward Abbey
I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or… — Jason Isbell
I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the… — Viktor E. Frankl
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness. — Amy Lowell
Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called… — Richard Baxter
[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests that by nature we are… — John Bunyan
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in… — Thomas Traherne
We have been told mankind will be judged on the intent of the heart. No mortal can see into the depth of another. There is… — H. Burke Peterson
The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their persistence to their depravity. Jews are extremely loyal to one another, always ready… — Tacitus
I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws. — Rupert Sheldrake
Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always feeling suspicious shootings… — Plato

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