Propose Quotes
291 quotes by 261 authors
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At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
— Alcuin
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The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.
— Herman Cain
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I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.
— Tony Campolo
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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose…
— Winston Churchill
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a…
— Seneca the Younger
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Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest…
— Tim Ferriss
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A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.
— E. W. Howe
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God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?
— Samuel Johnson
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Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all…
— Immanuel Kant
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force,…
— Ayn Rand
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The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then how can anyone…
— Murray Rothbard
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Chemistry is yet, indeed, a mere embryon. Its principles are contested; experiments seem contradictory; their subjects are so minute as to escape our senses; and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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It is not that we propose a theory and Nature may shout NO; rather, we propose a maze of theories, and Nature may shout INCONSISTENT.
— Imre Lakatos
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Propose theories which can be criticized. Think about possible decisive falsifying experiments-crucial experiments. But do not give up your theories too easily-not, at any rate,…
— Karl Popper
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I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
— Henrik Ibsen
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My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments:…
— Isaac Newton
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The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to give…
— Marie Curie
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I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state…
— George Washington
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I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is…
— Bertrand Russell
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