Proposition Quotes

273 quotes by 242 authors

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one… — Henry Adams
The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable as any mathematical… — Annie Besant
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father. — Sitting Bull
Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all. — George M. Cohan
The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it. — Bob Dole
The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion, but an iron… — Kenneth E. Boulding
It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand. — Carl Sagan
My faith in the proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is exclusively his own lies at the foundation… — Abraham Lincoln
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you… — Phil McGraw
I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give… — Alexander Hamilton
The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will seem incredible to… — John Taylor Gatto
It is sometimes asserted that a surgical operation is or should be a work of art ... fit to rank with those of the painter… — Wilfred Trotter
It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be analyzable with a… — Richard P. Feynman
Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside… — Thomas Huxley
The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the… — Hans Zinsser
I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the best… — Abraham Lincoln
Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Moreover, the… — Lawrence M. Krauss
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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