Best Property Wisdom

1480 Property quotes by 948 unique authors

This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne);… — Antoine Lavoisier
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a… — Unknown Author
The experiment left no doubt that, as far as accuracy of measurement went, the resistance disappeared. At the same time, however, something unexpected occurred. The… — Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to… — Fred Hoyle
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible… — Henry Home, Lord Kames
.. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist in, they wanted… — Michel de Montaigne
One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state: it belongs not… — Unknown Author
Every man's disease is his personal property. — Alonzo M. Clark
Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a… — Pope Francis
Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes — George Will
All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator. — Adam Clarke
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of preserving… — Humphry Davy
Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your… — Joseph Brodsky
We live in the hope and faith that, by the advance of molecular physics, we shall by-and-by be able to see our way as clearly… — Thomas Huxley
I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. — Norman O. Brown
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to… — Andrew Jackson
Whether or not you have children yourself, you are a parent to the next generation. If we can only stop thinking of children as individual… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
As long as civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will leave us sick;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It makes one hope and believe that a day will come when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as… — Mark Twain
I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I… — George Carlin
[D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything which… — Leo Tolstoy
Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. — Blake Morrison
I have at all times tried to use my influence toward protecting the property holders and substantial men of the country from thieves, outlaws and… — Clay Allison
The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty, property, security, and… — Thomas Paine

Who Wrote These Property Quotes

948 authors contributed a total of 1,480 Property Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Property Wisdom

More Ways to Read Property Quotes

Who Wrote These Property Quotes