Propensity Quotes

114 quotes by 96 authors

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. — Benjamin Haydon
I consider the differences between man and animals in propensities, feelings, and intellectual faculties, to be the result of the same cause as that which… — Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
You mean am I for it or against it? You think this is a key question I'm going to be asked on Vega, and you… — Carl Sagan
As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if… — Ryan Kwanten
The propensity to do good things is a choice. — Shaun Cassidy
By labor and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps… — John Milton
Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized. — Vikram Seth
High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the… — Richard Bangs
No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and… — David Hume
The propensity to swindle grows parallel with the propensity to speculate during a boom the implosion of an asset price bubble always leads to the… — Charles P. Kindleberger
The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature — John Bowlby
Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity,… — John Maynard Keynes
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives… — Thorstein Veblen
The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery — Thorstein Veblen
Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes,… — Herbert Spencer
The wind at Candlestick tonight is blowing with great propensity. — Ron Fairly
Lead generation excels when a campaign is looking to capture a piece of factual intelligence that could never be modelled or predicted through profiling and… — Chris Cunningham
If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible… — William Winwood Reade
The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences. — Raquel Cepeda
I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments. — William John Wills

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